Scratcher - Burns, Ian
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Have you ever wondered why clocks have hours, and minutes, and seconds...but not firsts? You will not find the answer to this question in this book, but Scratcher will tell you what happens if your dog goes wild in a butcher's shop, or if an eel gets up your trouser leg when you're standing in the middle of the creek in the rain, or if you fall in love with your teacher. And he'll tell you about the McPhees, and his friends, and about the cat whose feet never touch the floor, and what happened when a swan's EGG learnt to fly, and about the world's only fat butter of a dog, and... and... and, well about one or two other things as well...…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Have you ever wondered why clocks have hours, and minutes, and seconds...but not firsts? You will not find the answer to this question in this book, but Scratcher will tell you what happens if your dog goes wild in a butcher's shop, or if an eel gets up your trouser leg when you're standing in the middle of the creek in the rain, or if you fall in love with your teacher. And he'll tell you about the McPhees, and his friends, and about the cat whose feet never touch the floor, and what happened when a swan's EGG learnt to fly, and about the world's only fat butter of a dog, and... and... and, well about one or two other things as well...
Autorenporträt
This story is the final of three set in India and Australia, beginning around 1950 and following through to today. Ranga Plays Australia tells the original story, in the third person. It had its origin in a suggestion by an old friend that I write a book about India, cricket, and Australia - surely an irresistible combination. But I am not Indian, though I did have boyhood Indian playmates and have visited India several times, so my concern resolved around writing authentically, where an Indian reader would not be able to take me to task. Luckily, I was introduced to Bhaktavatsala Moola, an eminent movie producer and widely-read in English literature. He was also a protege of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Bhakta rode shotgun on me, chapter by chapter. Looking back on the story, I found that I was very fond of Ranga's guru and his many wise sayings, such that I put these together in a second book, The Wisdom of Harkishen Singh, which was complemented with photos of an earlier India. Now this book, which shows the context of some of Harkishen's sayings, and spends more time with Ranga's later life, with more attention to his Australian experience. This is told in the first person.