Darling Buds Of May (The Larkin Family Series)

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UPC:
9780140016024
Binding:
Mass Market Paperback
Publication Date:
10/31/2006
Release Date:
10/31/2006
Author:
H E Bates
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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Home looks nice. Allus does though, dont it? Perfick And so the Larkins Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majestys inspector of taxes. Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasnt paid his tax but nothings that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to Charley as Pop calls him and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragons Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights. In fact, soon Charley cant see any reason to return to the office at all