# Marabou Stork Nightmares

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- Authors: [Irvine Welsh](https://www.bookquiver.com/irvine-welsh)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-01-01

## Description

Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate an evil predator-scavenger bird, the marabou stork, before it drives away the peace-loving flamingo from the picturesque Lake Torto. But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family, the Scottish housing scheme in which he grew up, his mundane job, a disastrous emigration to Africa, and his youthful life of brutality with a gang of soccer casuals. As one world crashes into the other, this potentially charming story of ornithological goodwill mutates into a filthy tale of violence, abuse and redemption.

## Editions

### Marabou Stork Nightmares

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9943-511-2
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2009-01-01
- Language: en_GB