Publication

1969 - Fontana/Collins, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

55,500 words, Guess

Page Count

222 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100006345530
  • ISBN-139780006345534
  • Goodreads111789
  • LibraryThing18923
  • Better World Books9780006345534
and 1 more

Description

An uproariously funny book. At the age of thirty, Adrian Rookwhistle's life hasn't quite turned out the way he'd have hoped. Working an unfulfilling job as a clerk in the city and living under the tyranny of his fearsome landlady, he can't help but think that there is more to life. However, all of this suddenly changes when he receives a curious letter from his dying uncle who has bequeathed him £500 and an elephant by the name of Rosy who has a seemingly unquenchable thirst for liquor. At a loss of what to do with his unexpectedly gargantuan – and rarely sober – inheritance, Adrian sets forth on a journey believing to have the answer to his dilemma; he'll give her away to the circus. Together Adrian and Rosy carve a trail of destruction through the peaceful countryside of southern England, meeting a curious cast of misfits along the way. Drunk or sober, Rosy spreads chaos in her wake, until the full weight of the law finally catches up with her .

Subjects

Places

Southern England and a great crowdedsmoke-filled city; most location names are fictitious or not mentioned at all

People

Rosy the ElephantAdrian Rookwhistlea cast of eccentric oddballs

Times

Genres

  • Fiction

Series Statement

  • Fontana paperbacks -- 4553. -- Animal

Other Editions

  • Rosy is my relativeFontana/Collins1969-01-01
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