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  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409004646
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Tick Bite Fever




'Matchlessly witty-one of the country's funniest writers.' Steven Poole, The Guardian

Tick Bite Fever is the unconventional memoir of a very unconventional childhood.

In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. His father, who was a doctor, had lived in Africa before (but had felt it expedient to leave when the South African government realised he was carting explosives around in the boot of his car for the ANC). For Dave, Kenya was bemusingly new. It would be his home for the next 16 years.

In Kenya, the childhood memoir takes on a rather surreal tone! On the way home from school, closed because a pair of lions are padding around the playground, Dave is mugged by baboons. Meet Dave's favourite pet Achilles, the almost indestructible dog! Find out about 'Nairobi snow' - and the national radio station that only has three records. And read about Dave and his Dad spending happy Sunday afternoons being chased by a herd of elephants. Enchantingly funny, Tick Bite Fever is a tale of the fading innocence of childhood, miles ahead of the competition.

  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409004646
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
Categories:

About the author

David Bennun

Born in Swindon in 1968, Dave Bennun's family moved to Africa in 1971. They lived there for the next 16 years. Since coming to the UK and 'studying' at the University of Sussex he has worked at Melody Maker and Loaded. He's now freelance and writes for The Guardian, Observer, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph and GQ as well as co-writing three series of the successful BBC TV show Clarkson.

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Praise for Tick Bite Fever

Tick Bite Fever itches with mordant wit - there's at least one turn of phrase per paragraph that gets among your ribs like a feather duster. An excellent memoir

Uncut Magazine

A delight

The Guardian

A hilarious memoir...Enchanting and amazing

The Daily Mail

Exotic hats off to David Bennun, who has written a book full of warmth and self-deprecating humour

Word Magazine

Hilarious

BBC Radio 4

Laugh out loud is an understatement...a wonderful insight into life in Africa from a two-foot high point of view, witty, touching and above all affectionate

The Press Assocation

Matchlessly witty-one of the country's funniest writers.

Steven Poole, The Guardian