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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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"My goodness what fruity language Fry uses! You can feel his enjoyment, and also the huge force of hi desire to please you, as you read this." ¾ 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." ¾ Publishers Weekly
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About the Author
Stephen Fry, who is Rector at Dundee University, lives in Norfolk and London. After writing The Liar he maintained that he would not write a second or third novel, but perhaps a fourth. The Hippopotamus is it. His hobbies include cooking his god-children and leaving out commas.
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0679438793
- ISBN 13 9780679438793
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages292
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