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If you want to sound like a crazy person, please describe the book Albert of Adelaide to someone.
Well, it's about this platypus who escapes from a zoo and heads to the Australian outback and along the way is embroiled in an old western shoot out, makes friends with a wombat and has to deal with a gang of kangaroos, thieves and deadly dingoes. Yes, a gun slinging platypus.
It's been a while since we've read a western, and this one is superb. The author Howard Anderson has written a fun, and engaging novel.
Our discussions ranged from surprise over the depth of appreciation for the story and the depth of character development to the nuances of social norms and mythical stature that grows when you only know one dimension about an individual.
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