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Rosy Is My Relative

Gerald Durrell

4.11/5 (1641 ratings)

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Rosy, the elephant bequeathed to young Adrian Rookwhistle by a reprobate relative, turned out to be a handful: not alone because of her size but also because of her fondness for strong drink. To Adrian she represented the chance to get away froma City shop and a suburban lodging by exploiting her theatrical talent and experience. To Rosy their progress towards the gayer South Coast resorts offered undreamed-of opportunities for drink and destruction. So the Monkspepper Hunt is driven to delirium and Lady Fenneltree's stately home reduced to a shambles. In due course the always efficient local constabulary caught up with the pair, whose ensuing trial was a like a triumph of the law and of the author's comic genius. The verdict was--but the story has to be read to be believed, if then. Even though the author does maintain that it is entirely credible, indeed that this, his first novel, is 'an almost true story'.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 224 pages

Publication:: 1989

Publisher:: HarperCollins Publishers

Edition:

Language:: en-GB

ISBN10:: 0006345530

ISBN13:: 9780006345534

kindle Asin:: B01MTU8E60

Rosy Is My Relative

Gerald Durrell

4.11/5 (1641 ratings)

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Rosy, the elephant bequeathed to young Adrian Rookwhistle by a reprobate relative, turned out to be a handful: not alone because of her size but also because of her fondness for strong drink. To Adrian she represented the chance to get away froma City shop and a suburban lodging by exploiting her theatrical talent and experience. To Rosy their progress towards the gayer South Coast resorts offered undreamed-of opportunities for drink and destruction. So the Monkspepper Hunt is driven to delirium and Lady Fenneltree's stately home reduced to a shambles. In due course the always efficient local constabulary caught up with the pair, whose ensuing trial was a like a triumph of the law and of the author's comic genius. The verdict was--but the story has to be read to be believed, if then. Even though the author does maintain that it is entirely credible, indeed that this, his first novel, is 'an almost true story'.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 224 pages

Publication:: 1989

Publisher:: HarperCollins Publishers

Edition:

Language:: en-GB

ISBN10:: 0006345530

ISBN13:: 9780006345534

kindle Asin:: B01MTU8E60

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