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When the Green Woods Laugh

By: H. E. Bates
Narrated by: Philip Franks
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A year has passed, and in this third novel of the Pop Larkin series, Pop Larkin is preparing to build the bungalow he promised Charley and Mariette upon their engagement. He buys a country home slated for demolition, intending to convert it for the two, but it is not long before a London couple persuade him to sell it. Pop, ever the trickster, sells it for an extortionate price, as the two social climbers know little about country life. Party throwing and cocktail mixing abound until a rocky boat and a misplaced pair of hands have Pop before the local magistrate....

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©1960 H. E. Bates (P)2016 Naxos AudioBooks
Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Funny Feel-Good Comedy
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Loved it! Made it very special having 'Charlie ' ...the wonderful Phillip Franks reading it! Great vocal characterisation for all of H.E Bates' adorable creations! Thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend!😊

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More fun and frolic with the usual naughtiness thrown in - just have to read/listen to them all!!

Another Perfick Trip in Nostalgia

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The greenwoods laugh, sing, whoop and shout for joy in this third evocation of Pop Larkin's rural idyll - whatever the Jereboams think! Blissfully good reading, as ever, by the incomparable Philip Franks!

A Great Voice of Joy

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Pop and Ma Larkin are just great, I would just love it if they were my parents.

Excellent

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A wonderful story and wonderful characters. Very funny and for the time it was written somewhat risque. Excellently read, great fun.

Great Fun, Superbly Read.

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