Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story

by Leonie Swann

Book Overview

A witty philosophical murder mystery with a charming twist: the crack detectives are sheep determined to discover who killed their beloved shepherd. On a hillside near the cozy Irish village of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385521111
• ISBN13: 9780385521116
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Flying Dolphin Press
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Oops, this one's in GERMAN

I absolutely love-love-loved this book in English (Titled 'Three Bags Full') and am trying to learn German; now I just need to get my hands on the German audio version so that I can follow along...

sheep detectives

Absolutely wonderful even if you do not have sheep but especially fun if you do.

Sheep detectives?

Over the years there have been books with rabbits, mice, bears, and other non-humans as protagonists, but this is the first one that I have every read that features sheep. Not only sheep, but a flock determined to find out who killed their shepherd. Naturally, this takes place in Ireland, where the fantastic always seems commonplace. The writing is witty, and told from the perspective of a sheep. There are too many members of the flock for all of them to be fully fleshed out as characters, but they are, after all, sheep. The humans aren't really more detailed, but they appear to us as they appear to the sheep, even if not fully realized. The plot was interesting, and there were some intersting side stories, and I enjoyed the book very much. If you don't like animals, however, don't read the book!

Three bags full

It's a very weird, beautiful mirror for us humans. Ladies, please dont wear make-up,when you read this book. Gentlemen, be prepared, it is better then the Life of Brian. I got tears of laughing all the time. One of the rare books, you have to have at home - at least in 3 samples, in order to be able to give it to your highly sophisticated or misanthrop friends. Enjoy.

Watch Out! American Readers....

This is the same book as "Three Bags Full". It just has a different title.