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ISBN:9780620482318, Paperback, Tod Collins
The whimsical negotiation of a fee between a Zulu matriarch and a country vet after her cow’s caesarian section in the mountains of South Africa; the poignant story of a man coming home to die while his uncle’s cattle are threatened by the dreaded foot-and-mouth disease; the humorous demise of an urban damsel’s ego in a cattle yard; the discovery of a nesting colony of rare birds; these are some of the fortytwo short stories that Underberg’s veterinary surgeon, mountain wanderer and award-winning writer Tod Collins has collated in his first book.
Horses, sheep, cows, dogs and their owners; cattle thieves and hashish or dagga smugglers; mountaineering trips and funerals gone wrong – the range of story matter reveals the hidden tapestry of life in the remote hills of South Africa.
“I have simply written short stories in my informal style,” says Collins, “and as such they usually have a wry ending. The reflect the rigours, humour, warmth and pathos that I’ve been dished up with during my life as a country vet and mountaineer. The book provides light reading, though many stories are laced with innuendo and have deeper undertones. It will find a suitable eyrie on bedside tables, airport seats and those smallest rooms in the house!”
