Thu, 01 Dec 2005
Molesworth
Geoffrey Willans, Ronald Searle,
The Compleet Molesworth,
paperback, Pavilion
"History started badly and hav been getting steadily worse". So
saith Nigel Molesworth and such wisdoom shuld be respected. Our
hero is a boarding schul boy frum the fifties and he spelleth as
gud as we. There are lots of drawings by Ronald Searle witch
illutsrate the reality of pre-politikally-corect life and give
envalualbe lesons in how to survive amidst the teror of masters
with kanes, bulies, parents, and suchlike problemms.
Talking of witches, which we wer only by a speling mistake,
reminds us to sa that this volume culd be a valuable counter
title to the latest in the Hogwarts series. In fact, and mabe
yu don't beleeve this, but Hogwarts is mentioned in this buuk!
We kid not, even tho it were written almost fifty years before
JKR. As it hapens, it were title of little pla by N. Molesworth
called The Hogwarts by Marcus Plautus Moleworthus witch, as yu
can see, has a jokey latin seting.
And as iph that wasnt enuogh of a wondar of presciense, ther
is allso a menntion of Google! Really! Somethinhg about google
eyes but no mension of computers or internets.
Posibly this no longer been printed but mabe it is. Ah, actually
Penguin has somethign lik it just called Molesworth -- out now.
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