A best-selling cult classic, Fup has been translated into nine languages and over a quarter of a million copies have been sold in the USA alone.
In the northern Californian hills lives Jake Santee, a ninety-nine-year-old gambler and cusser, convinced of his own immortality achieved through copious amounts of whisky. With him lives his grown grandson Tiny, placid where Jake is ornery. And into their lives arrives Fup, a twenty-pound Mallard duck. Life will never be the same for any of them.
Beguiling, funny and eccentric, Fup exudes charm and wisdom—a wacky, cautionary tale that has much to teach the reader.
Praise for Fup:
'The story twists and turns between Twain and Steinbeck but has a fairytale ending worthy of Oscar Wilde.'
— Sunday Telegraph
'Short, sharp and wickedly funny...Fup shows Jim Dodge to be one of the most original literary voices.'
— Elle
'Without a doubt the best (122 page) epic featuring a duck ever published.'
— Evening Standard
'Very funny and profound... could become one of those cult classics.'
— Bookseller