Use of Weapons AV BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From

BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • From the internationally bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending comes a literary detective story of a retired doctor obsessed with the 19th century French author Flaubert—and with tracking down the stuffed parrot that once inspired him

"This is a profoundly optimistic book: a validation of the strength and the tranquility to be found within the confines of the human mind

tells all he knows

with particular reference to African societies

In stark contrast to the resurgence of “America First” rhetoric

Use of Weapons AV BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE • FromAuthor Contributor(s): Banks, Iain M Publisher: Orbit Date: 07 01 2008 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW