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Fup by Jim Dodge
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Fup (original 1983; edition 2011)

by Jim Dodge

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There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, he reckons he's in with good shot at immortality. And then there's Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent. And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household. Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.… (more)
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Like a hooker with a heart of gold who makes you laugh and doesn't stay too long. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
A cute little story, especially charming to me since I used to live in the general area. A Tom Robbins-y kind of humor, but with just a dash of Mark Twain-ish sharpness. ( )
  badube | Mar 6, 2019 |
A tall tale of a cranky old man, his grandson and a duck. Funny, true and excellently rendered. It'll make you think twice before you build another fence. ( )
  dbsovereign | Jan 26, 2016 |
A piece of Southern fiction set in Northern California (!), "FUP" mainly takes place in the 99th year of Kentuckian Jake Santee's life, whose household also includes a young mountain-man grandson and a 20-pound duck named Fup. Yes, Fup Duck. Part yarn, part fable, part tall-tale, part stumper (what an ending!) - this is an always funny and often crass little miracle of a book. - - Adam
  stephencrowe | Nov 11, 2015 |
It had that manic humor of the era, sort of Cowgirls-get-the-bluesy brashness and a willingness to be ridiculous, that made me nostalgic for that time, and made me wonder about how dated some books feel compared with others. Somehow some books manage to be both rooted in their times and to also feel contemporary in their approach to language. This isn't one of them. Maybe humor is something that dates a book sooner? But, "Candide" had me laughing out loud.

So now I end this review, in a blather of confusion and no real answers. ( )
  poingu | Jan 29, 2015 |
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Jim Dodgeprimary authorall editionscalculated
Artl, Inge M.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Busch, Wilhelm MartinIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Carasso, Jean-PierreTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rowohlt, HarryTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Kello vaikenee - kukkien tuoksu jatkaa kumahtelua. - Basho (suom. Kai Nieminen)
The temple bell stops. -But the sound keeps coming-out of the flowers. Basho
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Isälleni, in memoriam.
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Gabriel Santee was seventeen years old and three months pregnant when she married "Sonic Johnny" Makhurst, a Boeing test pilot and recent heir to a modest Ohio hardware fortune.
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There's Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol' Death Whisper, he reckons he's in with good shot at immortality. And then there's Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent. And then there's Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household. Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.

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