A Stranger Here Myself: Being the Life Story and Revelation

by IanPattison (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.61

  `People say puberty is a bad time for a kid but in my view it's not a patch on getting born. Getting born is a bastard. It's a free-fall bungee jump without a rope . . . You get a lot of time to think when you're banged up in a womb all day. Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? I pondered these questions long and hard till in the end I just thought, Que sera, sera. No, I ask only two things of life, courage and dignity. Well, three things if you include the ability to shit Maltesers . . .'

  From opinionated foetus to fiercely proud father, the wealth of Rab's wisdom and acute philosophical ramblings make A Stranger Here Myself one of the funniest and most refreshing novels, ever.