It’s there in the way Trico flings his prey from side to side with deadly vigour. It’s there in the way the creature questioningly cocks his head, or fires off a volley of sniffs. But his temperament, as anyone who has ever owned and loved a dog will immediately recognise, is pure canine. Trico is a composite animal: he has the claws and feathers of a bird, the ears of a cat and the tail of a rodent. Within moments familiarity is challenged via Trico, a bruised and chained alien creature with whom you share a forgotten, tumbledown cell. Like its predecessors, this is the story of young boy – this time, one whose actions are narrated by an elderly man looking back on his former journey.
