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Arrow The Stars' Tennis Balls
Ned Maddstone has it all. He's handsome and talented; he has the love of a beautiful woman and in 1980, he stands at the brink of a glittering future. He rounds off an outstanding public school career with a sailing trip to Scotland, which is where his fortunes enter a terrifying tailspin. Determined to honour the dying wish of his sailing instructor, Ned returns to London, where the schemes of jealous classmates catapult him into a 10-year nightmare. Confined to a solitary Hell, believed dead by all those who loved him, Ned transforms from a terminally nice guy into a creature bent on revenge, a revenge both satisfying and apocalyptic. <p> Few writers can deliver so much in one package, but here Stephen Fry combines a riotous satire of the privileged classes with elements of the darkest thrillers. While the plot bounces from the sublime to the surreal, his characters remain acutely real. Ned's classmates, slow-witted hedonist Rufus Cade, and the Machiavellian climber Ashley Barson-Garland--who is aroused by the sight of straw boaters--are masterful creations. This novel has nothing to do with tennis, and everything to do with the cruel logic of Fate. Game, set and match to Mr Fry. - - <I>Matthew Baylis</I>
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Hutchinson Rescuing the Spectacled Bear
There are those who have accused Stephen Fry of spreading his many talents too thinly. <I>Rescuing the Spectacled Bear</I> reminds us that it's possible to argue that he's at his best as a writer. It's a funny and moving diary of his bid to rescue Peru's endangered Spectacled Bears and altogether a delight. Earlier in 2002, BBC 1 broadcast a programme about Fry's visit to Peru to track Paddington Bear's roots and (more seriously) to rescue a Spectacled Bear, one of the world's endangered species. Later, Fry and his team went back and helped rescue a mate for the bear they had found on their first trip. Fry is clearly keen to draw the world's attention to these bears and this engaging diary of his time in Peru is both funny and committed. Will Fry become the Diane Fossey of the bear world? <p> The full colour, full-page illustrations are a particular delight and perfectly complement the author's whimsical word pictures of the Spectacled Bears. And there's even a bonus in the shape of some very funny jacket notes, comparing (item by item) the Spectacled Bear and Stephen Fry in terms of size, appearance and habitat, not to mention sexual habits. Of the bears: Mating occurs in April, May and June and couples stay together for a week or two, with copulation occurring numerous times. Of Stephen Fry: Subject of much speculation among scholars and gossip mongers. The mating ritual, which is remarkably noisy, lasts fourteen and a half years and makes a great deal of mess. --<I>Barry Forshaw</I>
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Arrow Paperweight
Pages: 480, Paperback, Arrow
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Summersdale Publishers Tish and Pish: How to Be of a Speakingness Like Stephen Fry - A Delicious Collection of Sumptuous Gorgeosities
Pages: 128, Hardcover, Summersdale Publishers
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Arrow Making History
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Arrow Moab Is My Washpot
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Pan Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
Pages: 320, Paperback, Pan
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Arrow The Hippopotamus
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Arrow The Liar
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Arrow The Hippopotamus
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Hutchinson The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
Pages: 384, Hardcover, Hutchinson
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Random House Audiobooks The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within
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Arrow The Liar
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Arrow Making History
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Arrow Moab Is My Washpot
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Arrow Untitled Novel Two
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BBC Audio (Spoken Word) Rescuing the Spectacled Bear
There are those who have accused Stephen Fry of spreading his many talents too thinly. <I>Rescuing the Spectacled Bear</I> reminds us that it's possible to argue that he's at his best as a writer. It's a funny and moving diary of his bid to rescue Peru's endangered Spectacled Bears and altogether a delight. Earlier in 2002, BBC 1 broadcast a programme about Fry's visit to Peru to track Paddington Bear's roots and (more seriously) to rescue a Spectacled Bear, one of the world's endangered species. Later, Fry and his team went back and helped rescue a mate for the bear they had found on their first trip. Fry is clearly keen to draw the world's attention to these bears and this engaging diary of his time in Peru is both funny and committed. Will Fry become the Diane Fossey of the bear world? <p> The full colour, full-page illustrations are a particular delight and perfectly complement the author's whimsical word pictures of the Spectacled Bears. And there's even a bonus in the shape of some very funny jacket notes, comparing (item by item) the Spectacled Bear and Stephen Fry in terms of size, appearance and habitat, not to mention sexual habits. Of the bears: Mating occurs in April, May and June and couples stay together for a week or two, with copulation occurring numerous times. Of Stephen Fry: Subject of much speculation among scholars and gossip mongers. The mating ritual, which is remarkably noisy, lasts fourteen and a half years and makes a great deal of mess. --<I>Barry Forshaw</I>
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Boxtree Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music
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Random House Trade Revenge
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Random House Audiobooks The Liar: Complete & Unabridged
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