Dear Lupin...
Letters to a Wayward Son
$34.49
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2013
Summary
Nostalgic, witty and filled with characters and situations that people of all ages will recognise, Dear Lupin is the entire correspondence of a Father to his only son, spanning nearly 25 years. Roger Mortimer’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes touching, always generous letters to his son are packed with anecdotes and sharp observations, with a unique analogy for each and every scrape Charlie Mortimer got himself into. The trials and tribulations of his youth and early adulthood are recei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780332352 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780332351 |
| Author: | Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 152g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 149mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Very, very funny.
As well as being the funniest book I’ve read in ages, it’s also extremely touching. A delight then, on every front. - The Spectator
By turns exasperated, affectionate, touching and wry, the letters brim with a father’s love for his son. An absolute delight. - Daily Mail…this book makes you cry as well as laugh. - Daily TelegraphThese hilarious missives from an eccentric father to an errant son have all the playful oddity of the Dear Bill letters. - Sunday TimesVery, very funny. - Sunday TimesA collection of brilliantly written letters from a world-weary father to his feckless son. They could offer a money back guarantee if you don’t laugh - the publishers’ money would be safe. - Guardian Books of the YearIn an era when letter writing is a vanishing art form, this idiosyncratic collection from a father to his errant son is a delight. - TelegraphHerein is comedy gold… a delight, a labour of fatherly love in which a deep if slightly exasperated affection is always legible between the lines. - Racing PostRoger Mortimer
Charlie Mortimer was born in 1952 and educated at Wellesley House, Broadstairs and (reluctantly) Eton. He has been, among other things, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, a vintage car restorer, an estate agent, a roughneck on an oil rig, a pop group manager, a mechanic in Africa, a manufacturer of boxer shorts and an antiques dealer. He currently describes himself as a ‘middle aged, middle class spiv (mostly retired)’
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