Eustace
Harris, Steve2013
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Poor Eustace is not very well. Convalescing in bed, a victim of the coughs and hiccups that rack his frail body, his world is confined to the four spare walls of his grand and gloomy room, in a tall house in London. His days are spent in wild imaginings, punctuated by the occasional visit from his mother, from prune-faced Mrs Perichief, who serves an unvarying menu of watery soup, and from a legion of cannibalistic Aunties, who fuss and smother poor Eustace with their bosoms and kisses. Relief comes from the odd behaviour and antics of his wicked uncle who is soon a regular fixture in Eustace's bedroom, emerging from under the bed in a cloud of pipe smoke, accompanied by a swelling cast of prostitutes, hoodlums, drunkards and assorted hangers-on - a raucous party which seems in no danger of stopping.
Main title:
Eustace / S.J. Harris.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2013.
Collation:
280 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780224093583 (hbk)
Dewey class:
741.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
233099