The Hippopotamus
Author(s): Stephen Fry
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...
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'Fresh, filthy, funny and fizzing with ideas' Ned Sherrin, Evening Standard
'My goodness what fruity language Fry uses! You can feel his enjoyment, and also the huge force of his desire to please you, as you read this.' - William Leith, Mail on Sunday 'One of the funniest people writing on either side of the Atlantic- like a combination of Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis but funnier than either' - Publishers Weekly
As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar, and the first volume of his autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, Fry has 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.
General Fields
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- : Cornerstone
- : Arrow Books Ltd
- : 0.291
- : 01 August 2004
- : 198mm X 129mm X 24mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2004
- : books
Special Fields
- : Stephen Fry
- : Paperback
- : New ed
- : 823.914
- : 416