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Husband's Story by Norman Collins

This--as only Norman Collins can tell it--is the story of Stanley Pitts, a contracts filing clerk in the Admiralty, a small man--small in stature, small in ambition and achievement, happy in his work, and devoted to his hobby of photography.

For Stan himself, his latest failure with the Civil Service Selection Board might not have mattered too much. But it mattered to his wife, Beryl. For Beryl is a social climber, mistress of the house in Kendal Terrace, Crocketts Green with its garden gnomes, its wall-to-wall carpeting, its ivory enamel kitchen fitments and its fridge full of Oven-Fresh Old Style Farm House Cornish Pasties; Beryl, mother of little Marleen with her flaxen ringlets, prospective winner of the under-12s ballroom dancing championship; Beryl, the South London suburban housewife in her Mexican housecoat with the Sun-God buttons.

When Stan's tasteful photographic study of Hoarfrost on Wimbledon Common wins the Admiralty-Division Photographic Competition on the very eve of his expected promotion, never has the future looked brighter for the inhabitants of No. 16. How then did Stan, with his pride in his job and his keen sense of duty, find his way into the dock of No. 1 Court at the Old Bailey? Why was the sentence such a savage one? What became of Beryl? And what part did Mr Cheevers, crime reporter of the Sunday Sun, play in all this?

Norman Collins is a master storyteller. Its high comedy and almost unbearable suspense make it a brilliant and unforgettable novel.

Collins, Norman: - Richard van Emden has interviewed over 270 veterans of the Great War and has written widely on the 1914-18 conflict. Previous books include Britain's Last Tommies, Boy Soldiers of the Great War, All Quiet on the Home Front, Prisoners of the Kaiser and the top five best-selling The Trench. He has visited the Somme and Ypres every year since 1985 and has an expert knowledge of the First World War battlefields. The Author came across Norman Collins while researching his best selling TV tie-in book Veterans. He was immediately struck by this truly remarkable character, who was then over 100 years old. Sadly Norman has now died but Richard Van Emden had not been deterred from writing what is by any standard a most exhilarating memoir of an exceptional veteran. He currently lives in London.
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ISBN 13 9780002222815
ISBN 10 0002222817
Title Husband's Story
Author Norman Collins
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Distribution Services
Year published 1978-05-01
Number of pages 360
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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