In this collection of essays, articles and sketches, A P Herbert reveals a world that is long-since past. Through his preoccupations and criticisms, opinions and hopes we are introduced to the thoughts and ways of an English gentleman in 1930s London....
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When Stephen Byrne strangled his housemaid in a fit of rage to silence her screams, he felt no compulsion to admit his crime and pay for his misdemeanour. Instead he enlisted the help of his friend to help dispose of the body and then pointed the finger...
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In this amusing collection of articles and essays, A P Herbert ponders the world around him in his own inimitable style. Witty, droll and a respecter of no man, the admirable APH provides a series of hilarious and unique sketches - and gently points the...
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On his seventieth birthday, A P Herbert celebrated fifty years of writing for Punch- and published a collection of his best, his funniest, his naughtiest and his most daring essays and sketches. And so was created Look Back and Laugh, bringing together...
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The Man About Town is a hilarious collection of musings, essays and sketches from the admirable and ever-versatile A P Herbert. As our noble author ponders on such terrible quandaries as which club to luncheon in, the perils of "foreign"' foods, disgracefully...
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"In Utopia, Perfect PlaceEverything"'s exactly right;No one"'s virtuous or base,There is neither Day nor Night.But where everything is rightNothing"'s left for which to fight"'So goes A P Herbert"'s vision of Paradise, but whilst still this side of the...
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Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Caraway and Stoke is, as one might expect being an Admiral, a man of the sea. In fact, so much so that for him, all the world"s a ship, and all the men and women merely sailors...The Admiral"'s dedication to King and country...
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Robin Moon finds Phyllis rather a distraction in the Sunday morning service - after all her golden hair does seem to shine rather more brightly than the Angel Gabriel"s heavenly locks. His wife, Angela, on the other hand, is more preoccupied with the...
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