Francis Rothbart! annuals WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AL

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AL MURRAY

recent scientific discoveries to tales of dangerous dives in untested and costly submersibles

travelling monks who sleep on pillows of grass and listen to the autumnal insects

oddly enough

including cyberspace

Francis Rothbart! annuals WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALFrancis Rothbart! follows a feral child who is raised by magpies and other creatures and is repeatedly struck by lightning. Because of the phenomena, the child develops eccentric talents, which he then abuses, leading to his ultimate destruction by the same natural world that once nurtured him. Written mostly in rhymed verse, Francis's picaresque saga unfolds in an allegorical environment, much like the topographical constructions behind renaissance