ISBN: 9781849639965
Genre: Fiction (Humour / Animals)
Paperback Price: £7.99 / €9.99 /
$13.95
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Join novice vet, Paul Mitchell, in a further six
months of hilarious escapades he experiences while working at Prospect House
Veterinary Hospital. He’s confronted by a ravenous pig while sunbathing naked
in a cornfield. He locks jaws with a caiman with scale rot and battles with
Doug, a vicious miniature donkey that’s always sinking his teeth into him. It
ends with a Christmas pet blessing which erupts into pandemonium as frightened
pets and owners scatter through the pews. Throughout his adventures, Paul is
loyally supported by the team at the hospital – in particular Beryl, the
elderly one-eyed receptionist, and, Lucy the junior nurse – together with whom
he shares this merry-go-round of mayhem. It’s a gripping, fast page-turner
that’s guaranteed to keep animal lovers entranced.
Praise for Malcolm
Welshman
‘… paints a vivid
picture of many fascinating characters.’
Jim
Wight, son of James Herriot
‘… brings a smile to
your face.’
Sir
Terry Wogan
‘Your story is a
corker.’
Richard
Madeley
‘… hilarious stories
straight from a vet’s pen will keep you chuckling.’
Stella
Whitelaw
Press
Release
Issued:
NAKED
VET SAVAGED BY SOW
In Malcolm Welshman’s third book
in his vet series, Pets Aplenty, he
draws on further experiences in his life as a vet seen through the eyes of his
alter ego, Paul Mitchell. Set in Sussex-by-the-sea in the early 2000s, it’s a
startling glimpse of the mayhem animals can inflict on a young vet’s life.
Featured are the scavenging sow
with her eye on his picnic while he’s attempting to get an all-over tan in a
cornfield, the caiman kept in a conservatory and led round the garden on a
halti, a wallaby with a fractured neck and a vicious miniature donkey called
Doug who dug his teeth into Paul whenever he got the chance.
The appeal of such zany
adventures ensured Malcolm’s first book was read by a wide audience of animal
lovers which enabled it to reach number two in the Kindle bestseller chart. Sir
Terry Wogan said, ‘It’s fun and should
bring a smile to your face.’ While Jim Wight, James Herriot’s son, in his
foreword for the book, wrote ‘a most
enjoyable insight into the unpredictable but fascinating life of the veterinary
surgeon’.
About
the author
Malcolm Welshman is a retired vet
who has worked at London Zoo, in a small animal hospital and as a consultant
dealing with exotics. He has written for newspapers such as The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail and national magazines
including The Lady, Yours, Cat World
and Dogs Today and was the My Weekly vet for fifteen years. He is a
BBC Radio panelist and a guest speaker worldwide on cruise ships.
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