# help name this book status: conceptual calling all scientists - help me name this book it's (possibly) a magic realist novel the cover had a wonderful illustration of a parrot flying through a dense brightly colored jungle storywise there was something about a (/latin american?) grandfather who left or had to leave ir home - at some point ey stays at a hotel in town (possibly a brothel) wow that's vague sorry for a lack of details // republic of bob