![]() Like the tigers in that previous book, the camels in “Inland” function as creatures of inflated myth and wonder more than they do as complicated mammals with earthly problems of their own. In his memoir “Joseph Anton” - a vastly better book than it’s been given credit for - Salman Rushdie observed that when a camel is upset, its feces change from “dry innocuous pellets to a liquid spray that blasts out a considerable distance behind the aggrieved dromedary.” Like mules, they can really nail you from behind.Ĭamels play an outsize role in the Serbian-American writer Téa Obreht’s sentimental and meandering second novel, “Inland.” This is the follow-up to her best-selling and critically hailed debut, “The Tiger’s Wife,” which appeared in 2011 and was a finalist for the National Book Award. ![]() ![]() ![]() The most expressive part of a camel, it’s been suggested, is its back end. ![]()
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