Up and Down in the Dales - Hardcover

Phinn, Gervase

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718145844 ISBN 13: 9780718145842

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2004

Synopsis

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Gervase Phinn comes a fourth book of reminiscences about life as a Yorkshire Dales school inspector that will continue to delight and charm fans across the globe.

Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place.
After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot. Then the news that his local school is closing down, the accidental demolishment of an historical church (disguised as a disused barn in his backyard), and an injured knee which puts him into hospital. And still Gervase manages to gallantly retain his sense of humour throughout, making this a delightful, charming and thoroughly entertaining read.

About this title

Product Description:

VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents. Signed by author

From the Back Cover:

THE FOURTH VOLUME IN THE BESTSELLING DALES SERIES

'What's your name? I asked the child.
'Tequila,' she replied. I'm named after a drink.'
'Tequila Sunrise,' I murmured.
'No,' pouted the child. 'Tequila Braithwaite.'

Now in his fourth year as an Inspector for English in the Yorkshire Dales, Gervase Phinn still relishes visiting the schools - whether an inner-city comprehensive fraught with difficulties or a small Dales Primary school where the main danger is one of closure. With endless good humour, he copes with the little surprises that occur round every corner.

Some things never change: Mrs Savage roars, Connie rants, and Gervase's colleague in the office play verbal ping-pong. But all this can be put behind him each day when he returns home to his lovely wife, Christine, who is expecting their first baby.

This charming montage of experiences will keep you amused and will win a place in your heart.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0718145844
• ISBN 13: 9780718145842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352