Publisher's Synopsis
Henry Hollins finds an egg. Believing it to be that of a dinosaur, he smuggles it home but the BBC pronounces it a fake. It hatches however, and the dinosaur remains a secret until carnival day when it heads along the motorway towards the sea with Henry on its back.;The author has also written "The Inflatable shop", "The Last Vampire", "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hollins" and a television series for Granada, "The Return of the Antelope".