{"product_id":"bat-valley-and-other-strange-robert-gurney-9781999741600","title":"Bat Valley and Other Strange African Animal Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe object of desire at the heart of 'The Jaguar Men of Kiziba' is the last King of Rwanda's Jaguar Mk5 coupé. Based on a true story, it includes Princess Margaret's state visit to Uganda. The main character's weakness, envy, leads to a dramatic ending. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Lungfish Man of Mbazi' has a relatively happy dénouement. It involves a research programme at Bat Valley linked to space exploration that almost ends in disaster for the researcher. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Mount Elgon Waiter' culminates, in a Fawlty Towers-like scene in a tourist hotel, in a reference to witchcraft. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Moth Lady of Tororo' finds an ageing British lawyer almost falling for a glamorous young post-grad student in a swimming pool situated in a hotel near the Uganda-Kenya border. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Kampala Shopping Mall Ostrich Man' examines the disgraceful behaviour of a married Lothario. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Owl Man of Mukuno' is a dark tale involving an Englishman, his Mugandan wife and his mother-in-law. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Bat Valley University Praying Mantis Man' delves deeply into a work by the surrealist artist M.C. Escher: 'Dream'. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Snake Lady of Nakasero' involves a man's deep fear of snakes, his efforts to overcome it, a doomed relationship and a fatal snakebite suffered during curfew. \u003cbr\u003e A fear of spiders is the subject of 'The Spider Man of Gulu'. It features the spoiled daughter of a member of the British Establishment who overcomes her fear only to meet an unexpected end in the north of Uganda. \u003cbr\u003e 'The Congolese Warthog Man' relates how a man from Katanga, turning his back on the ivory trade, learns how to love a warthog. \u003cbr\u003e Finally, 'Bat Valley' tells the story of a man whose all-consuming interest in bats leads to near-disaster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... and many more humorous tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Gurney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999741609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999741600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.25d","brand":"Robert Gurney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486740590847,"sku":"9781999741600","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c742909-a708-4621-a954-e15fd4e794fb.jpg?v=1778056519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bat-valley-and-other-strange-robert-gurney-9781999741600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}