The Hopkins Manuscript
$24.05
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2018
Summary
New to Penguin Classics, this is the funny and deeply moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England.
Self-important and more or less friendless, retired teacher Edgar Hopkins lives for the thrill of winning poultry prizes. But his narrow world is shattered when he discovers that the moon is about to come crashing to the earth, with probably apocalyptic consequences. The manuscript he leaves behind will be a testament - to his growing humanity and to how on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241349076 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241349079 |
| Author: | R.C. Sherriff |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Spectacular, skilled and moving… It is supremely and alarmingly relevant to our life today – Fay Weldon
Intensely readable and touching * Sunday Telegraph *
I loved this book, by turns funny and tragic … It’s worth the cover price alone for the moonlit cricket match on the village green one night before the world is due to end. Magical – Jeff Noon * Spectator, Books of the Year *
About The Author
R.C. Sherriff
R.C. Sherriff (1896-1975) served as a captain in the East Surrey regiment during the First World War and subsequently tried his hand at writing. Following rejection by many theatre managements, Journey’s End was given a single performance by the Incorporated Stage Society, in which Lawrence Olivier took the lead role. The play’s enormous success enabled Sherriff to become a full-time writer. He is remembered for his plays, the screenplays for the films The Invisible Man (1933), Goodbye Mr Chips (1933) and The Dam Busters (1955), and the novel The Hopkins Manuscript (1939).
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