The Darling Buds of May - A Comedy

ISBN-13: 9780573017513 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 90 str.

H.E. Bates

Opis

This play version of the H.E. Bates novel centres on the Larkin family, who live in Kent somewhere at the end of a rainbow. When an ernest young tax official turns up one hot May afternoon in 1957 to investigate Pop's income tax contributions, he is bewitched by eldest daughter Mariette.

Pop Larkin, who makes a fortune from scrap-iron deals but has never paid income tax, lives in rural idyllic bliss with generous-hearted Ma and their six children. When a young, earnst tax official, Mr Charlton, turns up one hot May afternoon in 1957 to investigate he is bewitched immediately by eldest daughter Mariette and it isnt long before he succumbs to the boisterous Larkin family charm and largesse.