The Curse of Tutton Common (Signed Copy)

Tristram, Geoff

ISBN 10: 0955142830 / ISBN 13: 9780955142833

Published by The Drawing Room, UK, 2008

About this Item

UK Soft Cover First Printing 2008. Condition : .A very good book with light shelf wear and some creases to the spine.Signed by the author to the title page .A good looking copy. .All books are securely packed and boxed for safe shipping. A refund is available if the book is not as described.*Reduced postage on this book*.

Seller Inventory # 004163

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Curse of Tutton Common (Signed Copy)
• Publisher: The Drawing Room, UK
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955142830
• ISBN 13: 9780955142833
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Scatterbrained young artist, David Day, is offered part-time work at Stanmore Castle's Museum of Local Life, possibly the dullest, most boring museum in the British Isles.
After a disastrous start, when he and rookie curator, Julian, mistake each other for the local lunatic and flasher, the two form a close bond. They then determine to transform the place in order to attract the punters and save their genial old boss, Percy Payne, from bankruptcy.
The problem is; the museum has no major exhibits to speak of, other than a few moth-eaten, out-of-date waxworks that Madame Tussauds have sold on, and even those have been dismembered or beheaded by the local school children.
To make matters worse, eccentric proprietor Percy is determined to cut costs by employing his thirteen-year-old niece to create the countryside murals, in spite of the fact that she has no artistic ability or grasp of rudimentary anatomy.
David's professionalism is welcomed, but Percy's problems run deeper than the mere cosmetic. In a nutshell, his exhibits are even duller than ditchwater, and it's going to take more than a gifted artist's touch to put that right.
Then, the three unlikely friends experience a dramatic change of fortune, brought about by Hitlerina, the castle's cat, who proudly brings a withered human finger into Julian's office for him to play with.
This sets into a motion a roller-coaster ride of sheer mayhem, and a preposterous, yet somehow utterly believable plot of pure comic genius that will have you laughing out loud in the most unsuitable places.
Could it conceivably be true be that David, Julian and Percy, ably abetted by Hitlerina and Jethro, the transsexual gardener, have really discovered an ancient Egyptian burial chamber....in South Staffordshire?

From the Publisher

Drawing Room Press (formerly Geoff Tristram Limited) is a very small independent publisher specialising in comedy.