Ted Wallace is a sour, old, cantankerous beast, a womanising and whisky-sodden bounder of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too.
Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months' repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan.
But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted.
'Clever...witty...not what it seems' The Times
'My goodness what fruity language Fry uses! You can feel his enjoyment, and also the huge force of his desire to please you, as you read this' Daily Mail
Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9780099457039
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 28 mm
Weight: 302 g
Language: English
My goodness what fruity language Fry uses! You can feel his enjoyment, and also the huge force of his desire to please you, as you read this - Mail on Sunday
Fresh, filthy, funny and fizzing with ideas - Evening Standard
One of the funniest people writing on either side of the Atlantic ... like a combination of Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis but funnier than either - Publishers Weekly
Deliciously wicked - New York Times
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Wild Dark Shore
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The Eights
The Long Shoe
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