Alan Bennett's favourite novel apparently, and it is difficult to think of higher praise than that. It was a very funny book with absolutely no plot dominated by the father of the family, and presumably autobiographical. The family were so incredibly posh, with the most wastrel of the 5 sons getting a job at Harrod's seen as the last resort of a man who has failed at everything. Very sweet and affectionate drawing of a family happy to bicker and snipe but who still love each other.
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