The Darling Buds of May : Inspiration for the ITV drama The Larkins starring Bradley Walsh Paperback / softback
by H. E. Bates
Part of the The Larkin Family Series series
Paperback / softback
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'Home looks nice. Allus does though, don't it? Perfick'And so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening.
There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes. Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins.
Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights. In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all . . .
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/11/2006
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- ISBN:9780141029672
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141029672
