Book
1 of 1 Copy Available
- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
Mischief
Call Number
- FICTION WILS (CEN)
Publication Information
London : Andre Deutsch, 1991.
Physical Description
197 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Charlie Duckworth has orange skin, crocus yellow eyes, a solitary tuft of black hair on his head, and a penis twisted like a corkscrew. Unusual for Islington, but natural for the last surviving member of the Brazilian Xique Xique tribe. Wrenched from his native home by a well-meaning zoologist, Charlie is brought to London and given an unremarkable, middle-class, English upbringing. But his strange looks and gentle spirit leave him sadly ill-equipped to deal with human prejudice...