Konstantinople

An authoritarian Uncle, a deficient Encyclopedia, a man made of spoons and saucers, the comet Xanderspot, invading armies, a voracious Orange Roughy, Li'l Orphan Annie, a WWI dogfight, a giant house-stealing bird, Goodman's Good Brown Beer, Horace Pelwit (Private Eye) the discovery of Up, a trip to the Moon in a hollow wooden cow, a murderous grandmother, policemen riding giant bumblebees, alchemists, generals, potters, presidents, novelists, the end of the world, the beginning of the world. A fine thick novel.