A Guide to the Birds of East Africa av Nicholas Drayson

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<p>For lovers of Alexander McCall Smith, Nicholas Drayson introduces the charming Mr Malik and the East African Ornithological Society in <i>A Guide to the Birds of East Africa</i>.<br><br>Reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn''t notice him in a Nairobi street - except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb-over - but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lie a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his closest friends know it, but Mr Malik is head-over-heels in love with the leader of the local Tuesday-morning bird walk, Rose Mbikwa.<br><br>Little can he imagine the hurdles that lie before him. Even as he plucks up the courage to ask for Rose''s hand, thieves, potential kidnappers and corrupt officials, not to mention one particularly determined love rival, seem destined to thwart Mr Malik''s chances.<br><br>Will an Indian gentleman in the heart of Africa be defeated by the many obstacles that stand between him and his heart''s desire? Or will honour and decency pre