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Mr Toppit
Charles Elton
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Description for Mr Toppit
Paperback. When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy with some reader wear.
And out of the Darkwood Mr Toppit comes, and he comes not for you, or for me, but for all of us...When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie, who has a mysterious agenda of her own that changes all their lives. For buried deep in the books lie secrets which threaten to be revealed ... Read more
And out of the Darkwood Mr Toppit comes, and he comes not for you, or for me, but for all of us...When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie, who has a mysterious agenda of her own that changes all their lives. For buried deep in the books lie secrets which threaten to be revealed ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141038001
SKU
KTM0000585
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99-1
About Charles Elton
Charles Elton lives in London and Somerset with his two children. This is his first novel.
Reviews for Mr Toppit
'The plot's a cracker ... Elton has an arch wit, an engaging style and a sense of invention that recalls Jonathan Coe' Evening Standard 'Poignant and engaging' Mail on Sunday 'Narrated with wit and vigor. Elton is a brilliant observer' Vogue