Summer is in full swing and it's one of those heady Wimbledon summers. But strawberries and champers couldn't be further from James Hollinghurst's mind, because his life is about to be turned upside down.
Summer is in full swing and it's one of those heady Wimbledon summers. But strawberries and champers couldn't be further from James Hollinghurst's min...
Reginald Perrin is surely one of the best loved comic creations, both in literature & television. This paperback omnibus brings together his classic adventures, from his humble beginnings at Sunshine Desserts to the success of his Grot shop empire.
Reginald Perrin is surely one of the best loved comic creations, both in literature & television. This paperback omnibus brings together his classic a...
' " A change of environment will bring you new business and personal interests," said Cousin Percy. Pegasus was glad to hear this.' Whether Pegasus Baines would have been so glad had he foreseen the outcome of his hasty decision to abandon the career of potential Nobel-prize winning nutrition scientist in favour of that world famous chef is less certain. The change of environment from North London with its deafening traffic to East Anglia with its menacing power stations brings new nightmares and new problems into his life.
The 'ostrich country' of David Nobbs' novel lies somewhere...
' " A change of environment will bring you new business and personal interests," said Cousin Percy. Pegasus was glad to hear this.' Whether Pegasus...
Why should up-and-coming, thirty-two-year-old executive Robert Bellamy get himself the sack? What made him draw a caricature of the Exports Manager on the wall of the non-executive gents? Why is he his own worst enemy?
Is it because he nearly ran away from boarding school on his third day or because, when he was fourteen, his mother developed a fatal friendship for a man who looked like Hitler? Does his sense of inadequacy stem from his once being mistaken for a draft of 350 men? Or from his failure long ago to do justice to the facilities at Mme Antoinette's Maison d'Amitie (Paris...
Why should up-and-coming, thirty-two-year-old executive Robert Bellamy get himself the sack? What made him draw a caricature of the Exports Manager...