Firkin 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 squirrelinvaders from America.

Firkin speaks in Scots.The Sheep who wasn’t a Sheep is about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimmingbetween one Outer Isle and the other.The White Drake is a farmyard drake in Perthshire learning about flying.


Format Häftad Omfång 170 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Scotland Street Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-07-15 ISBN 9781910895153