Here Be Leviathans / Chris Flynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flynn, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Animal fiction.

Physical Description:

233 pages : illustration ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Queensland, Australia : University of Queensland Press, 2022.

Summary:

A collection of funny, brilliant, boundary-pushing stories from the bestselling author of Mammoth.A grizzly bear goes on the run after eating a teenager. A hotel room participates in an unlikely conception. A genetically altered platypus colony puts on an art show. A sabretooth tiger falls for the new addition to his theme park. An airline seat laments its last useful day. A Shakespearean monkey test pilot launches into space. The stories in Here Be Leviathans take us from the storm drains under Las Vegas to the Alaskan wilderness; the rainforests of Queensland to the Chilean coastline. Narrated in Chris Flynn's unique and hilarious style by animals, places, objects and even the (very) odd human, these short fictions push the boundaries of the form by examining human behaviour from the perspective of the outsider.

Contents:

Inheritance

22F

Monotreme

Here be leviathans

The Strait of Magellan

Alas, poor Yorick

Shot down in flames

A beautiful and unexpected turn

Kiss tomorrow goodbye.

ISBN:

9780702262777

0702262773

OCLC:

1319405865