The Hopkins Manuscript by R. C. Sherriff (Paperback, 2018)

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Author:Sherriff, R. C. Magical' Jeff Noon, Spectator, Books of the Year 2018 Retired teacher Edgar Hopkins lives for the thrill of winning poultry prizes. 'Spectacular, skilled and moving. The Hopkins Manuscript (Penguin Modern Classics).

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New to Penguin Classics, this is the funny and deeply moving story of the apocalypse - as seen from one small village in England Self-important and more or less friendless, retired teacher Edgar Hopkins lives for the thrill of winning poultry prizes. But his narrow world is shattered when he discovers that the moon is about to come crashing to the earth, with probably apocalyptic consequences. The manuscript he leaves behind will be a testament - to his growing humanity and to how one English village prepared for the end of the world... Written in 1939 as the world was teetering on the brink of global war, R. C. Sherriff's tragicomic novel is a classic work of science fiction, an elegy for a lost way of life, and a powerful warning from the past.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD

ISBN-139780241349076

eBay Product ID (ePID)28046693419

Product Key Features

Book TitleThe Hopkins Manuscript

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicBooks

GenreHumor

AuthorR. C. Sherriff

Book SeriesPenguin Modern Classics

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height198 mm

Item Weight236 g

Item Width129 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorR. C. Sherriff

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by malkintower
22 Feb, 2019
A classic dystopia by an unjustly neglected writer
R C Sheriff was huge in the interwar period. He wrote this in 1938-9, during the build-up to World War Two. It is a combination of English comic novel and post apocalypse sci fi, with a bias towards the former. It shouldn't work in theory but in practice it works very well. Sheriff is good at character and pace. I want to read more of his work.
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by johnstonec10
20 Feb, 2019
Cracking read
A book about humanity. Sheriff can create characters whom you dislike, but still feel compelled to see their fate.
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by jillyh1
07 Aug, 2019
Enjoyable and interesting
Bought this for my brother so don't have first hand experience but he enjoyed it anyway
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