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Loading... Titmuss Regainedby John Mortimer
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'Richly entertaining . . . mercilessly funny in its observations on the way we live now' Sunday Times The Right Honourable Leslie Titmuss has clawed his way up the Tory government ranks and is now Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Ecological Affairs and Planning (H.E.A.P.), and in pursuit of beautiful widow Jenny Sidonia. But seismic changes are afoot in the beautiful countryside where a new town threatens to engulf his own back garden. Will Leslie bow to market forces? Or will he join the fight against the multi-storey car parks, shopping precincts and office blocks that could sweep away Rapstone Valley? The sequel to John Mortimer's stunning novel Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained is a panoramic satire on the machinations of politics and an affectionate elegy to a disappearing world. 'Beautifully written, witty and often very, very funny' Spectator No library descriptions found. |
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Market forces are sweeping up the Rapstone Valley and secret plans are being made to change it Titmuss Regained is the story of what happens when these seismic movements shake the Secretary of State’s back garden.
“A delightful book, funny, wise and ultimately very sad” –
The New York Times Book Review