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Tuco and the Scattershot World: A Life with Birds
Brian Brett
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Description for Tuco and the Scattershot World: A Life with Birds
Hardback. .
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick For thirty years, Brian Brett shared his office and his life with Tuco, a remarkable parrot given to asking such questions as Whaddya know? and announcing Party time! when guests showed up at Brett's farm. Although Brett bought Tuco on a whim as a pet, he gradually realizes the enormous obligation he has to the bird and learns that the parrot is a lot more complex than he thought. Simultaneously a biography of this singular bird and a history of bird/dinosaurs and the human relationship with birds, Tuco ... Read more
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick For thirty years, Brian Brett shared his office and his life with Tuco, a remarkable parrot given to asking such questions as Whaddya know? and announcing Party time! when guests showed up at Brett's farm. Although Brett bought Tuco on a whim as a pet, he gradually realizes the enormous obligation he has to the bird and learns that the parrot is a lot more complex than he thought. Simultaneously a biography of this singular bird and a history of bird/dinosaurs and the human relationship with birds, Tuco ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9781771640633
SKU
V9781771640633
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Brian Brett
Brian Brett is the author of Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life, which won the Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize, and Uproar's Your Only Music, a Globe and Mail Book of the Year. He has also written numerous books of poetry and fiction. He lives with his family on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Reviews for Tuco and the Scattershot World: A Life with Birds
Tuco is, at its heart, an account of survival, of the life of the Other, whether in its human or avian form. It's a beautiful book, rich in both information and emotion, anchored in Brett's rich, accessible prose and his humble, plain-spoken strength.
Toronto Star A wonderful gyre of a journey into the mind of man and bird, Tuco ... Read more
Toronto Star A wonderful gyre of a journey into the mind of man and bird, Tuco ... Read more