Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with the beautiful Rose for four years and finally decided to invite her to the annual ball. He had already written the letter and sealed it in an envelope, when suddenly his longtime rival Henry announced that he was simply crazy about Rose and intended to be her gentleman. What should I do? True gentlemen can resolve a dispute only in a dignified manner. Duel! Just not with swords or pistols, but with birds. After all, this is happening in the very heart of Africa, and our heroes are members of an ornithological club. And the duelists are invited to write down all the birds they see, and the one who collects the most birds will become the lucky one. But the battle must be fought as true gentlemen should - fair and noble, and this is not at all as easy as it seems. The Book of East African Birds is a sophisticated romance novel, reminiscent of the books of Jane Austen, and at the same time it is a magnificent comedy in the spirit of Wodehouse, and the exotic setting gives the book charm, evoking the stories of Kipling.