The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery: (A true story according to Gramps)

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From the animator of The Corpse Bride, Coraline and Isle of Dogs, comes a hilarious, illustrated tale about Gramps's life as a magician.

Gramps had what they call a Chequered Career which he insists on regaling to his sceptical grandson. Hes been a stuntman and a deep-sea diver, but his most exciting, and discombobulating, career was when he was a magician. Known as The Astounding Alfredo, and he became famous throughout the world, especially for the disappearing trick with his dove Montgomery, The Mysterious Bird of Mystery.
Unfortunately, Montgomery is not just mysterious, but malevolent, envious and ambitious.
And Gramps and Montgomery discover that fame has a way of changing people and places.

Expect the unexpected and believe the unbelievable in this hilarious debut novel from acclaimed animator Antony Elworthy.

Author Bio

Antony Elworthy is an illustrator, animator and childrens book author who has worked on critically acclaimed television and Oscar-winning feature film productions around the world.
His most recent film credit was Lead Stop Motion Animator on Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio. He was also Lead Animator for Wes Andersons Isle of Dogs and Tim Burtons Frankenweenie as well as Animator on Coraline and Corpse Bride.

Antony lives in Christchurch, NZ, where he is Animation Director on the hit preschool TV show Kiri and Lou (starring Jemaine Clement). He is currently Director of Animation on Sauvages, a new film by Claude Barras.