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A Skimpton Compendium

A Skimpton Compendium


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It's 1938 and the skies are darkening. On the playing fields of Faysgarth School, battle is about to commence. Skimpton, popular Deputy Head Boy, all-round good egg and sports supremo, needs a miracle if he's to beat arch rivals Rainingham with a first eleven still drunk from the previous night's debauchery. Further obstacles include mercurial school scoundrel Marcus Dent, Constable Stubbs, the irredeemably dim local bobby, a cricketing vicar with a unique taste in flannels, and the lethally myopic Colonel Coombes, menace of the chemistry laboratory. A motley assortment of grubby dimwits, suspicious outsiders and sinister socialists means more trouble ahead for our heroic House Captain and his irrepressible fag Piggot – and there's even an escapade in the trenches with an affable George Orwell as he fights fascists in the Spanish Civil War. In this juicy collection of sporting stories Skimpton finds that, in a world beset by colonial conundrums, sexual tension, political skulduggery and the occasional stinky third-former, the immutable values of King and country don't always win the prize. For, whether the challenge is a chafing jockstrap or an imbecilic history master, one thing's for certain: at Faysgarth nothing is ever quite what it seems. A Skimpton Compendium takes up where Michael Palin's Ripping Yarns left off. If you liked Lindsay Anderson's If, the stories of PG Wodehouse and Richmal Crompton, Monty Python and Private Eye you'll love A Skimpton Compendium!

About the Author :
John C. Biggins was born in Leeds in 1958. Having trained as a graphic designer, Biggins then studied theatre arts and embarked on a career treading the boards. Over the last 35 years, while appearing on television, radio and film, and at the National Theatre and other theatrical venues around the country, he has maintained an interest in graphic design, and - since 1999 - has run a web design business with clients drawn mainly from the literary world. As a writer, he has worked in the theatre, for BBC television and radio, and on various children's television projects. In the early 2000s he enjoyed a stint as a theatre critic. A keen collector of boys' annuals from the 1930s and 40s, in writing A Skimpton Compendium, his first work of fiction, Biggins was as much inspired by the line illustrations and covers as he was by the extraordinary stories themselves.

Review :
'Biggins...carves out his world with a rage-fuelled chisel, refined with smaller cuts from a wickedly cruel scalpel.'- Amazon.co.uk; 'It's well written, the characters are sharply defined, and there are some genuine laugh out loud moments. I loved it.'- Amazon.co.uk; 'Sheer delight from start to finish. Beautifully and eloquently written. Heartily recommended.'- Amazon.co.uk';A cautionary tale of privilege indulged. So much more than a witty pastiche, highly recommended.'- Amazon.co.uk; 'A laugh-out-loud read, I loved this. Even though it's all about public school boys and sport, it's not just for blokes, because it's so well written and funny.'- Amazon.co.uk


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  • ISBN-13: 9781838149512
  • Publisher: Trophy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Trophy Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1838149511
  • Publisher Date: 07 Aug 2020
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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