Holubí Mambo

&#34Jonathan Livingston Seagull as imagined by the Marx brothers.&#34 That’s one take on Frisco Pigeon Mambo, an uproarious new comic novel by C.D. Payne, author of the cult classic Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp.
When a flock of alcohol and tobacco addicted lab pigeons are liberated in San Francisco, our feathered heroes turn the whole city topsy-turvy. They dance into bars, stick up liquor stores, spy on socialites, swipe a van full of cats, and even dodge a murder rap.
Meet the leader who’s convinced he’s human because &#34it would be too absurd to name a pigeon Robin.&#34 Will Robin and his pals find their way back to Berkeley? Will they survive the next 15 minutes without a cigarette?
Along the way, these swashbuckling outlaws team up with a Freud-quoting parakeet on the lam from a mental health clinic, a pigeon-devouring falcon with a sudden interest in religion, a halibut-wielding sea gull with a knack for shoplifting, and more. Soon they have a price on their heads, cops on their trail, beer on their breath, and amour on their minds.Not since Hitchcock unleashed &#34The Birds&#34 has California witnessed such mischief from the skies. But prepare for a surprise or two as the notorious “Killer Pigeons” undergo a dramatic transformation.Described by the author as “America’s great pigeon novel,” Frisco Pigeon Mambo is now in development as a Twentieth-Century Fox animated film, to be produced by the Farrelly brothers (Something About Mary).
Frisco is being published simultaneously with Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp. This long-awaited sequel to Payne’s first novel continues the comic misadventures of the &#34world’s most dangerous teen diarist.&#34Payne is also the author of Civic Beauties (1999), a unique &#34musical&#34 novel that takes a wry look at the U.S. presidential politics.