Firkin & The Grey Gangsters Saif al-Rahbi

Firkin & The Grey Gangsters Saif al-RahbiFirkin and the Grey Gangsters is a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes. Firkin and the Grey Gangsters was in 1936 a metaphor for the fear of takeover by corporate America Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in a battle against a horde of grey squirrel invaders from America. Firkin speaks in Scots. The Sheep who wasnt a Sheep is about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimming between one Outer Isle

or the power to lower the reader into the deep well of human experience

unadorned fashion of the unexpected complexities of everyday life

Each author lives outside their birth country — whether by choice or exile — yet

Abundant with multiplicities

He’s very good at explaining

a worn penny — as relics

But the island is also an outpost of scientific exploration

his career in teaching left him with a sense of optimism about young people

botanical art has focused on the flowers

though with a due sense of pride in his achievement

The essays are quirky

his hold on his material masterful