| With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed Contributor(s): Truss, Lynne (Author), Bathurst, Robert (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792739191 ISBN-13: 9780792739197 Publisher: Sound Library OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Here, in Lynne Truss's first novel, we meet Osborne Lonsdale, a down-at-heel journalist, mysteriously attractive to women, who writes a regular celebrity interview for Come Into the Garden. This week his "Me and My Shed" column will be based on the charming garden outhouse owned by TV sitcom star Angela Farmer. Unbeknown to Osborne, driving down to Devon to interview Angela in her country retreat, the sleepy magazine has been taken over by new management. And so Osborne's research trip is interrupted by a trainload of anxious hacks from London--Lillian the fluffy blonde secretary, Michelle the sub-editor who has a secret crush on Osborne, and Trent Carmichael, crime novelist and bestselling author of S is for... |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 7.16" W x 6.54" (0.72 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here, in Lynne Truss' first novel, we meet Osborne Lonsdale, a down-at-heel journalist, mysteriously attractive to women, who writes a regular celebrity interview for Come Into the Garden. This week his Me and My Shed column will be based on the charming garden outhouse owned by TV sitcom star Angela Farmer. Unbeknownst to Osborne, driving down to Devon to interview Angela in her country retreat, the sleepy magazine has been taken over by new management. And so Osborne's research trip is interrupted by a trainload of anxious hacks from London-Lillian the fluffy blonde secretary, Michelle the sub-editor who has a secret crush on Osborne, and Trent Carmichael, crime novelist and bestselling author of S is for Secateurs |
Contributor Bio(s): Truss, Lynne: - Lynne Truss is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves, which has sold nearly one million copies and won Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. A novelist and journalist, Truss is also the author of numerous radio comedy dramas. Bathurst, Robert: -Robert Bathurst, an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator is an English actor who played David Marsden in five seasons of the series Cold Feet and the title role in My Dad's the Prime Minister. In addition to his other television credits-which include The Stepfather, White Teeth, The Safe House, Goodbye, Mr. Steadman, and Hornblower-he has also appeared many times on stage in such productions as The Three Sisters, Hedda Gabler, and Alarms and Excursions. |