Birdy

Hailed upon its publication as "a classic for readers not yet born" (Philadelphia Inquirer), Birdy is an inventive, hypnotic novel about friendship and family, dreaming and surviving, love and war, madness and beauty, and, above all, "birdness." It tells the story of Al, a bold, hot-tempered boy whose goals in life are to life weights and pick up girls, and his strange friend Birdy, the skinny, tongue-tied perhaps genius who only wants to raise canaries and to fly. While fighting in World War II, they find their dreams become all too real--and their lives are changed forever.

In Birdy, William Wharton crafts an unforgettable tale that suggests another notion of sanity in a world that is manifestly insane.

Author: William Wharton
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/04/1992
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.32w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780679734123

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/15/2002 pg. 573