Albert is a duck-billed platypus, who has escaped from a zoo in Adelaide to look for somewhere that may, or may not, exist: Old Australia, a place where humans never venture, and animals still rule. Albert knows it's somewhere in the middle of the Outback - not the ideal habitat for a water-loving animal - but now he's lost and close to death.
He's saved, though, by Jack, a pyromaniac, sardine-loving wombat, who promptly gets him into even worse trouble taking him to a marsupial-only bar run by a kangaroo called O'Hanlin, getting him drunk and then burning the bar down. And this is just the beginning of Albert's adventure ...
A glorious romp of a novel, Albert of Adelaide is a story of friendship, loyalty and heroism. And marsupials. Pacy and poignant, it's completely original -- a book for people (and animals) of all ages.
- ISBN10 184668840X
- ISBN13 9781846688409
- Publish Date 26 July 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 December 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Serpent's Tail
- Edition Main
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English