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Jumbo

12 June 1999

A fictional and highly-imaginative account of elephant society, Barbara
Gowdy’s The White Bone is a good read, if not great science. Of course, it might
all be true—it’s got footnotes and loads of references, after
all—but don’t count on it. Published by Flamingo, £16.99, ISBN
000225834X.

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