The Darling Buds of May: Book 1: The Larkin Family Series, cartea 1
Autor H. E. Batesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 noi 2006
And so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes.
Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights.
In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all . . .
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141029672
ISBN-10: 0141029676
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Larkin Family Series
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141029676
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria The Larkin Family Series
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
H.
E.
Bates
was
born
in
1905
in
Northamptonshire.
He
worked
as
a
journalist
and
clerk
on
a
local
newspaper
before
publishing
his
first
book,
The
Two
Sisters,
when
he
was
twenty.
In
the
next
fifteen
years
he
acquired
a
distinguished
reputation
for
his
stories
about
English
country
life.
During
the
Second
World
War
he
was
a
Squadron
Leader
in
the
R.A.F.
The
Darling
Buds
of
May
(1958),
the
first
of
the
popular
Larkin
family
novels,
was
followed
by
A
Breath
of
French
Air
(1959),
When
the
Green
Woods
Laugh
(1960),
Oh!
To
Be
in
England
(1963)
and
A
Little
of
What
You
Fancy
(1970).
His
works
have
been
translated
into
sixteen
languages.
H.
E.
Bates
was
awarded
the
C.B.E.
in
1973
and
died
in
January
1974.
Recenzii
They
areabsolute
comfort
books
.
.
.
All
five
titles
are
being
rereleased
just
in
time
for
summer
Pop is as sexy, genial, generous, and boozy as ever. Ma is a worthy match for him in all these qualities
As funny as Evelyn Waugh and as enchanting as Laurie Lee'sCider with Rosie. Don't miss it
Pop Larkin, Ma and their progeny . . . are essentially English of the rich and ribald England of Chaucer and Shakespeare. A superb and timeless comedy
A perfick piece of entertainment
A wistful daydream about innocence and happiness
A pulsing comedy of country manners. A five-alarm blaze of a book. Just about perfick
A gently, anarchic wish-fulfilling daydream
The Larkins live - these novels please us by escaping definition
Pop is as sexy, genial, generous, and boozy as ever. Ma is a worthy match for him in all these qualities
As funny as Evelyn Waugh and as enchanting as Laurie Lee'sCider with Rosie. Don't miss it
Pop Larkin, Ma and their progeny . . . are essentially English of the rich and ribald England of Chaucer and Shakespeare. A superb and timeless comedy
A perfick piece of entertainment
A wistful daydream about innocence and happiness
A pulsing comedy of country manners. A five-alarm blaze of a book. Just about perfick
A gently, anarchic wish-fulfilling daydream
The Larkins live - these novels please us by escaping definition