Pico is an orphaned librarian who has been sustained all of his young life by his love of stories alone. But when love does come to him at last, it is forbidden. For the girl of his dreams is of the winged people in the city by the sea and Pico is wingless.
So when he discovers an ancient letter in his library telling of the mythical morning town where the flightless may gain their wings, he sets off on a quest, carrying his four favourite books in a knapsack.
Pico travels through familiar landscapes that shimmer with magic as their fantastically strange inhabitants emerge - a robber queen, a lonely minotaur, a dream seller, a despairing cannibal, and an immortal beauty. Each of them has a story, and a lesson for Pico and in the end he will learn to kill, to love, to persevere, and of course, to fly.
'The Book Of Flying' is a tale of one great love. It's a magnificent adventure. It's an ode to stories and storytellers, a celebration of writers and readers, and the books that let our imaginations take flight and it's the triumph of one brave, passionate young man.
