"For numberless years a myna had astounded travelers to the caravansary with its ability to spew indecencies in ten languages, and before the fight broke out everyone assumed the old blue-tongued devil on its perch by the fireplace was the one who had maligned the giant African with such foulness and verve."
This comes from Michael Chabon's novel Gentlemen of the Road. It also contains some great figurative language:
"his eyes womanly as a camel's"
I also enjoyed the titles of the chapters:
On Discords Arising from excessive Love of a Hat
On the Melancholy duty of Soldiers to contend with the messes left by Kings
On the Belated Repayment of the gift of a Pear
In short, this novel is high-quality fun; it has some great illustration as well.
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