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The Making of Mr Bolsover
Cornelius Medvei
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Description for The Making of Mr Bolsover
Paperback. Name: Lynch, Andrew (b. 16.10.1958); a.k.a. 'Mr Bolsover.' Career: civil servant, librarian, columnist, local councillor, revolutionary. Recreations: shooting squirrels, skinning rabbits, cooking with rats. Address: present whereabouts unknown; last sighted in South Downs woodland close to the A275. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 206.
NAME: Lynch, Andrew (b. 16.10.1958); a.k.a. ‘Mr Bolsover’
CAREER: civil servant, librarian, columnist, local councillor, revolutionary
RECREATIONS: shooting squirrels, skinning rabbits, cooking with rats
ADDRESS: present whereabouts unknown; last sighted in South Downs woodland close to the A275
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: cataloguing systems, hermits, badger welfare, troglodytes, revolutionary politics
But a Who’s Who entry can reveal only so much. Like all the great political lives – Churchill, Disraeli, Gladstone, Genghis Khan – Bolsover’s is one of incident, drama and passion.
From the calm of Uckfield library to the demands of high office, a life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099548690
SKU
V9780099548690
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Ref
99-1
About Cornelius Medvei
Cornelius Medvei was born in 1977 and grew up in the east of England. He studied modern languages at Oxford University and worked for a time in China as a teacher. He is the author of the acclaimed novels Mr Thundermug and Caroline. He lives in London.
Reviews for The Making of Mr Bolsover
A minor masterpiece of the deadpan… a very, very funny book… genuinely original and written with understated intelligence
Sunday Telegraph
Very funny and charming
Kate Saunders
The Times
A brilliant parody… Blending the sublime with the suburban produces some of the best humour, and Medvei has it down to a fine art
Stephen Coulson ... Read more
Sunday Telegraph
Very funny and charming
Kate Saunders
The Times
A brilliant parody… Blending the sublime with the suburban produces some of the best humour, and Medvei has it down to a fine art
Stephen Coulson ... Read more