Color Me Grey!! wk2

[Jayd]

Ok, interesting....

 

In literature

 

 

• The character 'Gerard' in Michael Crichton's novel, Next, is a transgenic African Grey
  
• The character 'Madison' in Dick King Smith's novel Harry's Mad is an African Grey Parrot
  
• The character 'Methuselah' in Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible is an African Grey Parrot.
  
• "Friendly Feathers: Life with Pierre, an African Grey Parrot" by Dr. Fran Smith, illustrated by Deon Matzen, ISBN 978-0-615-22232-5
  
• The bird owned by the character 'Linus Steinman' in The Final Solution (novel) by Michael Chabon
  Michael Chabon is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation," according to the The Virginia Quarterly Review. His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh , was published when Chabon was 25 and catapulted him to literary celebrity...is an African Grey.
  
• In the book, "We'll Always Have Parrots" by Donna Andrews, an African grey parrot helps protagonist Meg Lanslow nab the bad guy.
  
• In the book, "Sick as a Parrot" by Liz Evans, the parrot in the title is an African grey parrot.
  
• Cat Marsala, the main protagonist in "Hard Christmas" by Barbara D'Amato, has a pet African grey parrot named Long John Silver.
  
• In the book "Somebody Else's Summer",Bilbo was an African Grey Parrot who belonged to George Carr.
  

Jayd

[kihei]

That's really cool.

[judygram]

Thats interesting Jay and I just bet there is a lot more for we know they are amazing creatures, thanks for sharing that with us.

[Spock]

Spock here! One day soon we'll see DanMcq's Book here!!!!!!!!!

Spock

Live long and Prosper

[Janfromboone]

My reading list suddenly grew. The only one I've read was the Michael Crichten one with Gerard. I loved that book all because of the parrot. Good story too though.