Book description
Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden
beast 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.
With this funny and deliciously readable novel, Stephen Fry takes
his place as one of the most talented comic novelists of his generation.
Stephen Fry
was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence,
went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As
well as being the bestselling author of four novels,
The Stars'
Tennis Balls
,
Making History
,
The Hippopotamus
, and
The Liar
, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in
Peter's Friends
, Wilde in the film
Wilde
, Jeeves in the television series
Jeeves & Wooster
and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the
television series
Fry & Laurie
. More recently, he presented
Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the
Manic Depressive
, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical
acclaim. And his legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular
quiz show
QI
each week.
