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The Pelican

The Pelican A Comedy

Unabridged edition

Audio CD (12 Nov 2019)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"[A] funny, serious, clever novel." -The New York Times

From award-winning Dutch author Martin Michael Driessen comes a fearlessly funny tragedy about an improbable friendship, unstable dreams, missed opportunities, and epic coincidence.

In a quiet coastal town in Yugoslavia, two men seeking more than the Communist regime can offer find their lives deceitfully entwined.

Andrej is a postman in complete denial of his existence. He yearns for respect and fame but commits petty crimes for reasons he doesn't fully comprehend. Josip is an increasingly irrelevant cable car operator and unfaithfully married. Life was so much simpler when neither one knew the other's secrets. Now that they do-discovered quite by accident-each man has resorted to blackmailing the other. As their anonymous misdeeds escalate, a farce of mutual dependency begins. So does the unlikeliest of friendships when Andrej and Josip finally meet face-to-face.

In a tale set against the impending wars, Martin Michael Driessen ingeniously explores the foibles of two painfully ordinary men boldly staking their claims on life.

Book information

ISBN: 9781799717041
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Imprint: Brilliance Audio
Pub date:
Edition: Unabridged edition
Language: English
Weight: 200g
Height: 171mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 13mm