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Follow on Google News | Dear Popsy...Reissue of cult classic by Eric Bishop-PotterReissue of a cult classic by Eric Bishop-Potter will bring the adventures of Basil Leaf to a new generation.
Michael Palin, of Monty Python fame, has described the book as very, very funny, wonderful turns of phrase, carries on where Decline and Fall left off, I think I am jealous. The comic story is told in a series of postcards written by the books feckless protagonist, Basil Leaf, to his long-suffering father Popsy, after he is packed off to boarding school. Eric wrote Dear Popsy on Sunday mornings before anyone was up and on trains travelling to and from work. He is also the author of Jimmy, Mrs Fisher and Me and the darkly humorous, A Ruined Boy. Synopsis of Dear Popsy Welcome to St Clouds, an exclusive public school where the boys prefer rouge to rugger and bondage to bunsen burners. Here, courtesy of new boy Basil Leaf and the postcards he writes to his long-suffering father, youll meet the criminally pretty Gemini Tarqquogan, who paints his nails scarlet and wears frocks and feathers; Courtney Durham, who runs up curtains on his sewing machine; Hugo Bletchworth, keen on leatherwear and flagellation; *This review quote refers to an earlier version of this book PUBLICATION DATE 1 November 2013 ISBN: 9781783068166 Price: £7.99 End
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