Book description
In the coastal hills of northern California live three larger-than-life
characters: two humans and one duck. There's Granddaddy 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 Granddaddy
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.
