Description

‘The Stolen White Elephant is a funny and satirical short story, following the investigations of Inspector Blunt when a pale pachyderm is stolen.

Gifted from a king to a queen, the ship carrying the eponymous elephant stops at a harbour in New Jersey and goes missing.

In this tale, Twain expertly parodies police investigative procedures, as forces fail to share information and a horribly expensive manhunt – or should that be ‘elephant-hunt – is launched.

A laugh-out-loud read from the pen of one of the masters, ‘The Stolen White Elephant is sure to delight readers familiar with Twain s body of work.