Taken

<p><strong>Pulmulla is worried her vision of the future will come true.</strong></p><p><strong>Biligiri just wants to get home. Besides, he''s in love for the first time, and will be a father in 22 months.</strong></p><p><strong>Tant-Meisie is lonely and going around in circles. She meets famous and eccentric people though.</strong></p><p><strong>Hannibal Solo thought he was retired - until Carroll came along, and she''s hard case.</strong></p><p><strong>On top of this, he has voices in his head.</strong></p><p><em>"Absorbing and lyrical, and poignant in the elephants'' message. Like Heathcote Williams'' Sacred Elephant before it, Taken deserves a wide readership."</em></p><p>-Gareth Patterson, author of The Secret Elephants and Beyond the Secret Elephants.</p><p><em>"A writer of striking originality with qualities of daring and humour that are rare. Like Lloyd Jones, Alex has the ability to create a landscape so vivid the reader feels he is walking down a dusty road or in the hold of