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Title: Doesn't fly
Review: The premise of this novel is marvelous; Soraida, a quick thinking, sharp talking parrot defends her human family when they are summarily put on trial. The crime : character. In addition to mother, father and the two girls who watch all but say little, there is a dusty grandmother with chicken feathers on her eyelids. Uncle Jaime makes "pointed brassieres that make adequate cat bowls", while Uncle Rico is branded as "incorrigle tango player, copious weeper". Set in an unnamed South American country, this should be a book of color and delight. But, though fanciful, the characters are distant - there is little chance to meet them directly. And the magic of the talking parrot wanes as her crude and obscene insults increase.
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