{"product_id":"9781999741600","title":"Bat Valley and Other Strange African Animal Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe object of desire at the heart of ‘The Jaguar Men of Kiziba’ is the last King of Rwanda’s Jaguar Mk5 coupé. Based on a true story, it includes Princess Margaret’s state visit to Uganda. The main character’s weakness, envy, leads to a dramatic ending. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Lungfish Man of Mbazi’ has a relatively happy dénouement. It involves a research programme at Bat Valley linked to space exploration that almost ends in disaster for the researcher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Mount Elgon Waiter’ culminates, in a Fawlty Towers-like scene in a tourist hotel, in a reference to witchcraft. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Moth Lady of Tororo’ finds an ageing British lawyer almost falling for a glamorous young post-grad student in a swimming pool situated in a hotel near the Uganda-Kenya border. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Kampala Shopping Mall Ostrich Man’ examines the disgraceful behaviour of a married Lothario. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Owl Man of Mukuno’ is a dark tale involving an Englishman, his Mugandan wife and his mother-in-law. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Bat Valley University Praying Mantis Man’ delves deeply into a work by the surrealist artist M.C. Escher: ‘Dream’. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Snake Lady of Nakasero’ involves a man’s deep fear of snakes, his efforts to overcome it, a doomed relationship and a fatal snakebite suffered during curfew. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fear of spiders is the subject of ‘The Spider Man of Gulu’. It features the spoiled daughter of a member of the British Establishment who overcomes her fear only to meet an unexpected end in the north of Uganda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Congolese Warthog Man’ relates how a man from Katanga, turning his back on the ivory trade, learns how to love a warthog. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, ‘Bat Valley’ tells the story of a man whose all-consuming interest in bats leads to near-disaster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... and many more humorous tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060937769200,"sku":"9781999741600","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781999741600_p0.jpg?v=1763673573","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781999741600","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}