How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the Fa Cup (Prion Humor Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1853753637 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael L. Sanders said At times the book is "laugh-out-loud" funny and should have been a film made by Monty. I had always admired JL Carr's 'A Month in the Country' but, for whatever reason, had never heard of this book until now. It is a mixture of fantasy and penetrating insights into real life through the world of football. Ironically, the book refers to Leicester City, and it seems no coincidence that this book has been republished in the year of Leicester City's Premier League success. At times the book is "laugh-out-loud" funny and should have been a film made by Monty Python. JL Carr was clearly a multi-faceted character whom I should have l. Good story not just a soccer/sports novel bevo in the nw Good story not just a soccer/sports novel. It is English so some of the language takes time to get use to. The character interactions reminded me at times of the Mapp and Lucia stories. Good summer reading.. Ed Farnsworth said farnsworthuk. If you are a fan of English football and are in need of a funny read some rainy afternoon you can do no better than to read this wonderful little book. A kind of football fairy tale pitting a village team against a procession of much better known and better equipped teams in the FA Cup, it is also one of the funniest books I have ever read. I had a hard time reading the book in public because people kept asking me why I was laughing so loudly. Since finishing the book it has been on continuous loan to friends. (I'm afraid I might have to buy
This unbelievable feat is contrived by the serendipitous meeting of three great men: Mr Fangfoss (who cares nothing for football), Dr Kossuth - a Hungarian academic and headmaster of the village school, and the Wanderers captain Alex Slingsby, a mighty warrior biding his time in quiet Sinderby for the chance to rise once more. The story takes an affectionate look at small-minded Middle England, and the glories of God's own game while taking in love and death, bigotry, bigamy and good old-fashioned English snobbery.. This classic humour novel chronicles the momentous journey of Steeple Sinderby (an unremarkable Fenland village) from the mire of obscurity to national heroics
. He died in Northamptonshire in 1994. His novel A Month in the Country won the Guardian Fiction Prize, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a memorable film. James Lloyd Carr, born 1912, attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in the North Riding and Castleford Secondary School
About the Author James Lloyd Carr, born 1912, attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in the North Riding and Castleford Secondary School. . His novel A Month in the Country won the Guardian Fiction Prize, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a memorable film. He died in Northamptonshire in 1994