The Darling Buds of May (#1 Pop Larkin)
Author(s): H.E Bates
'Home looks nice. Allus does though, don't it? Perfick' 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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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.2
- : 01 March 2007
- : 198mm X 129mm X 8mm
- : 01 December 2006
- : books
Special Fields
- : H.E Bates
- : Paperback
- : 708
- : English
- : 144
- : FA