THE MINCING MOCKINGBIRD'S GUIDE TO TROUBLED BIRDS

This illustrated pocket field guide enables anyone to quickly identify psychotic, violent, or mentally unstable bird species. Full of angry hummingbirds and judgmental parrots, the Guide collects humorous vignettes about the most disturbed birds of North America. Plus, as a bonus, there are bird attack statistics from 1970 and study questions to make sure you’ve done your homework.

Reviews of the guide have ranged from "hilarious" and "a classic" to "these should be burned along with Harry Potter and Lolita, you bad, bad, bad, bad man." Most libraries will not protest the banning of this book, and several librarians have openly called it a "nasty bit of business." There's nothing too horrible in the guide, but all the same there may be words or themes that may be inappropriate for "wee people." Meaning kids. But if you consider yourself one of those "cool" parents, hey, go ahead. Hopefully your kids will pass along their therapy bills to you later on.

Artist Matt Adrian’s beautiful paintings are juxtaposed with their perfectly pithy—and rather dark—titles, which mock the awkward folly of modern human existence. Hilarious and unforgettable, THE MINCING MOCKINGBIRD’S GUIDE TO TROUBLED BIRDS is the perfect gift for anyone on your list—avian enthusiast or not. Artist Matt Adrian’s work is collected worldwide and has been featured in magazines such as Sunset, Bust, and Country Living, as well as the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, and the San Francisco Chronicle. His work has also been spotted on tv shows—Dexter and Modern Family to name a few—and films like This is 40 and The Hangover, Part III. Adrian has self-published two other books: It is Folly to Assume My Awesome Lies Dormant: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird and I Have Heard My Praises Sung In Screams: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird Volume II. He lives in California with his wife, artist Kim Bagwill.