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'For the past three years, Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), Harry Khan, a nemesis from his school days, arrives in town.
Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball.' (Publication summary)
Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Bernadette
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- Large print.
- Sound recording.
- Braille.
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Finding Fiction in Facts
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[Review] A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel
2008
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 305 2008; (p. 56)
— Review of A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel 2008 single work novel -
Displaced and Elsewhere
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 3 no. 9 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; Twilight 2008 single work novel -
When Worlds Collide
2008
single work
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 August 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of Twilight 2008 single work novel ; A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel 2008 single work novel -
A Bird in the Hand
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 August 2008; (p. 11)
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When Worlds Collide
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 August 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of Twilight 2008 single work novel ; A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel 2008 single work novel -
Displaced and Elsewhere
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , October vol. 3 no. 9 2008; (p. 24)
— Review of A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel 2008 single work novel ; Twilight 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 305 2008; (p. 56)
— Review of A Guide to the Birds of East Africa : A Novel 2008 single work novel -
A Bird in the Hand
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 August 2008; (p. 11) -
Finding Fiction in Facts
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 3 January 2010; (p. 19)
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