Literary Satires on Human Nature, with Animals as Unwitting Evidence/“Animals mostly just live. We are the ones who turn them into explanations.”
Humans have always found animals remarkably useful. The fox became cunning, the owl wise, the donkey stubborn, the rat contemptible and the sparrow insignificant. None of them appears to have been consulted.
One morning. One small disaster. One story at a time.
Henry and Margaret have mastered the fine art of doing absolutely nothing — and somehow turning it into a full-time occupation. Their mornings begin with coffee and usually wander off into marriage, technology, politics, ageing, neighbours, family, and…
