Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots
- ISBN-10
- 0156029723
- ISBN-13
- 9780156029728
- Category
- Americans
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-06
- Publisher
- Harvest Books
- Author
- Jim Paul
Description
An escaped wild parrot named Wittgenstein, a gift from his father, becomes the catalyst for drawing reclusive poet David Huntington back into the world as he follows it to Telegraph Hill and then to South America, where he meets Fern, a lovely American scientist with her own personal interest in the bird. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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