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Lockheart Flawse exposes the suburban foibles of his tennants in Sandicott Close. Terrified out of their wits, one by one they beat a hasty retreat and Lockheart's dream of escaping hated East Pursley, and his 12 rent-controlled houses comes a step closer.
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Review:
"[A] romp about one of nature's gentlemen making his innocent and ruthless way through the jungle of contemporary sex, VAT, law and order, etc. - savage, knock-about farce" (Observer)
"Black humour, comic anarchy at its best" (Sunday Times)
"All done with a savage delight which will have you laughing out loud" (Daily Mirror)
"He is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all" (The Listener)
"His tale of an illegitimate member of the squirearchy earning his inheritance by increasingly nasty methods is both inventive and pacy" (New Statesman)
From the Publisher:
"Black humour, comic anarchy at its best" (Sunday Times)
"All done with a savage delight which will have you laughing out loud" (Daily Mirror)
"He is funny, bitter, a danger to his public and should be applauded wildly by all" (The Listener)
"His tale of an illegitimate member of the squirearchy earning his inheritance by increasingly nasty methods is both inventive and pacy" (New Statesman)
A brilliant, biting, bestselling satire from the foremost satirist in the English language of his generation.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0001050761
- ISBN 13 9780001050761
- BindingAudio Cassette
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