Barry the Pigeon

War, Wings, and Nicotine Dreams

By: Dustin Gross

Narrated by: W.A. Yuster

Meet Barry. He’s a nicotine-addicted war veteran with Irritable Bird Syndrome and a grudge against influencer falcons. Once a legendary pigeon in the Bagel Wars of ’09, Barry Fin now spends his days chain-smoking on rooftops, pooping on Teslas, and screaming at TikTok sparrows. But when a smug perchfluencer named SkyDaddy69 starts gentrifying the skies of Brooklyn, Barry’s not about to take it sitting down (mostly because his gut won’t let him).

Together with a conspiracy-theorist dove, a steroidal chicken who thinks he’s a pigeon, and a narcoleptic street bird named Skeezy Pete, Barry leads a poop-fueled rebellion across the boroughs. From rooftop turf wars and airborne cigarette heists to the unholy romance of rain gutter courtship, this foul-mouthed, feather-ruffling satire is the dirtiest bird comedy you didn’t know you needed.

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Raunchy 'n riotously funny tale of terrible things

Props to narrator W.A. Yuster for bringing such animated and eclectic qualities to a frakkin pigeon with diarrhea. He seems to have a knack for giving animal characters the perfect voice and attitude. While I abhor toilet humor in general, Dustin Gross has turned a pigeon with pooping problems into an intellectual and scintillating story full of entertaining pop-culture references and encounters with modern city (and internet) life. I was grinning or chuckling the entire time as wave after stinking wave of mishaps and mayhem unfolded. *Applause* for the wit and delivery. What a wild ride. [Disclosure: I received this title for free and listened at 1.85x.]