Book review: Carrying Albert Home

CARRYING ALBERT HOME, the title says it all — a devoted husband and his discontented wife set off from West Virginia to Florida to take her pet alligator Albert home.

Sat, 02 Jan, 2016 - 00:00

Review: Rachel Farrow

It is absolutely barmy.

No one seems even the slightest bit perturbed about the reptile in the back of the Buick.

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