Available as eBook
A tale of two humans, one duck and several vats of home-brewed whisky
There’s Grandaddy Jake Santee, 99 years old, an unreformed gambler, cranky reprobate and fierce opponent of the work ethic. Thanks to his home-distilled hooch, Ol’ Death Whisper, he reckons he’s in with good shot at immortality. And then there’s Tiny, adopted at the age of four by Grandaddy Jake, a giant young man as gentle as Jake is belligerent.
And then there’s Fup, an uncompromising twenty-pound mallard, partial to a drink herself, whose unique presence transforms the Santee household.
Hilarious, heartwarming and magical, Fup is a contemporary fable that inspires an almost evangelical fervour in all who read it. It is a work of enormous originality with a giant heart.
“You’ll love it.”
independent On Sunday
See more reviews
“Delightful and constantly surprising. Jim Dodge has produced something rare: a fairy tale that is wonderfully down to earth.”
daily Telegraph
“Short, sharp and wickedly funny.”
elle
“This novel is fupped uck.”
the Times
“Stupendous. It is a jewel, a gem, a diamond in the cesspool of life.”
san Francisco Chronicle
Jim Dodge
Jim Dodge is the author of three novels - Fup, Not Fade Away and Stone Junction - and a collection of poetry and short prose, Rain on the River.
He lives on an isolated ranch in western Sonoma County and has been by turns an apple picker, a carpet layer, a teacher, a professional gambler, a shepherd for five years and a woodcutter. He currently works as an environmental restorer - primarily in tree planting, log-jam removal and erosion control.
