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Holy Cow by David Duchovny (Paperback / softback, 2016)

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" Starred review [Duchovny's] debut novel is a charming fable about dignity and tolerance, complete with anthropomorphized animals and replete with puns, double-entendres and sophisticated humor. . Between the book's sly humor, gently humanist (animalist?).

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A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't soon forgetElsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that--her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture; but while Mallory is interested in flirting with the neighboring bulls, Elsie finds herself drawn to the farmhouse. Through the window, she sees the farmer's family gathered around a bright Box God--and what the Box God reveals about something called an industrial meat farm shakes Elsie's understanding of her world to its core.There's only one solution: escape to a better, safer world. And so a motley crew is formed: Elsie; Jerry--excuse me, Shalom--a cranky, Torah-reading pig who's recently converted to Judaism; and Tom, a suave (in his own mind, at least) turkey who can't fly, but who can work an iPhone with his beak. Toting stolen passports and slapdash human disguises, they head for the airport.Elsie is our wisecracking, pop-culture-reference-dropping, slyly witty narrator; Tom--who does eventually learn to fly (sort of)--dispenses psychiatric advice in a fake German accent; and Shalom, rejected by his adopted people in Jerusalem, ends up unexpectedly uniting Israelis and Palestinians. In Holy Cow, David Duchovny's charismatic creatures point the way toward a mutual understanding and acceptance that the world desperately needs.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-10
0374535906
ISBN-13
9780374535902
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221236171

Additional Product Features

Content Note
Illustrations
Author Biography
David Duchovny is a beloved television, stage, and screen actor; as well as a screenwriterand director. He lives in New York and Los Angeles.
Format
Paperback / Softback
Language
English
Author(s)
David Duchovny
Date of Publication
05/04/2016
Format Details
Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Subject
General & Literary Fiction
Imprint
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Country of Publication
United States