by WilliamWharton (Author)
Within the padded walls of a military hospital sits Birdy, utterly silent. But who is to say that he's really mad? His sub-standard army psychiatrist still hasn't caught on that his patient seems to think that he's a bird, and recruits Birdy's childhood friend to try to get through to him. Out of a young man's need for escape and his consuming obsession with birds and flight, William Wharton has spun a dazzling story shot through with humour, wisdom, tenderness, tragedy and longing.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 01 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0099428245
ISBN 13: 9780099428244
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