Rosy Is My Relative

<p><b>Written with Gerald Durrell’s usual sharp eye for observing humour in any situation, this </b><b>comic novel about a man who inherits an alcoholic elephant will delight fans both old and new.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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 . . .<br><br>'Uproarious' – <i>Dailly Mirror</i><br><br>'Comic havoc!' – <i>New York Times</i></p>