''It''s a long time since I have enjoyed a novel so much. Fresh, witty and smart it also has a heart.'' KATE ATKINSON
''Sizzles with uproarious fun, from its snout to the sting in its tale.'' INDEPENDENT
''The perfect tonic for testing times.'' GUARDIAN
We all know politics is absurd. But could a Republican be brought down by a stuffed aardvark?
Republican congressman Alexander Paine Wilson is determined that nothing will stop him in his campaign for re-election. Not the fact that he is a bachelor, not the fact that his main adversary Nancy Beavers - married, with children - is rising in the polls. Nothing. That is, until one hot day in August, he receives a large parcel via FedEx. Inside is a gigantic taxidermied aardvark.
This aardvark has a surprising history - from the Victorian naturalist who discovered it to the taxidermist who deemed it his finest creation. But for Wilson, the entrance of the aardvark sets of
