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In the coastal hills of northern California live three larger-than-life characters: two humans and one duck. There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. And Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, he's a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent. And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound hen mallard, whose unique presence imposes a sense of order on the Santee household. Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.

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Every so often a little story, a little novella, unfolds a world and characters in less than 100 pages that floors you a bit and leaves your i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jan 04 11:28:44 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 11:35:27 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Sat Sep 22 10:54:34 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 10:55:31 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 19:07:54 -0800 2009 Mon May 18 00:16:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 09:32:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 01:55:48 -0800 2008 Fup after the book's title caught my eye at a used bookstore.

This is a funny, meander-y, and occasionally bawdy short novel about four unlikely characters:

1) FUP, an obese (thus flightless) female duck who communicates in quacks, hisses, and pecks. She loves...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 23:29:34 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 23:34:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Apr 27 05:27:52 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 05:30:02 -0700 2009 I heard Jim Dodge speaking at Borders a few years after I read it and his voice was exactly the one that was talking in my head whilst reading. I've lent my beautiful little hard back copy to almost everyone I know, that's probably how it got l...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 02:30:38 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 02:31:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 11:02:50 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 11:21:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 15:22:30 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:51:35 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 23:36:18 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 23:41:21 -0800 2008
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