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`Home looks nice. Allus does though, don't it? Perfick' And so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes. Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to `Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights. In fact, soon Charley can't see any reason to return to the office at all ...Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780140016024
eBay Product ID (ePID)86406358
Product Key Features
Publication Year1980
TopicBooks
Book TitleThe Darling Buds of May: Book 1
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorH. E. Bates
Book SeriesThe Larkin Family Series
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height181 mm
Item Width111 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorH. E. Bates