David Nobbs

A classic collection of the hilarious Reginald Perrin books The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin The Return of Reginald Perrin and The Better World of Reginald Perrin immortalised in two BBC TV series now being repeated on BBC Four Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is surely one of the best loved comedy heroes of our time in both literature and television This omnibus brings together the first three Reginald Perrin novels containing a lifetime s outrageous and hilarious adventures When we first meet Reggie he is sick to death with selling exotic ice creams at Sunshine Desserts Driven to desperation by the rat race and the unpunctuality of Britain s trains Reggie s small eccentricities escalate to the extreme until finally he leaves the unacceptable face of capitalism behind by driving off in a stolen motorised jelly In his pursuit of the unconventional he devotes himself to faking his own death opening a shop devoted to selling completely useless goods and setting up a commune strictly for the middle class and middle aged Join Reggie who didn t get where he is today without some help from some memorable supporting characters in one man s quest to avoid an everyday existence

The classic follow-up to A Bit of A Do, about the comedy of Yorkshire life, told through seven more dos is now available in ebook format. Life is still a social minefield in this small Yorkshire town. From the opening of a vegetarian restaurant to the inauguration of the Outer Inner Relief Ring Road, join Ted and Liz as they struggle through another series of excruciatingly funny dos in this sequel to A BIT OF A DO. Can Ted find happiness with a waitress, now that he and Liz are no longer an item? Can Liz bring comfort to the grieving Neville, her strangely immaculate second husband? Above all, how will Teds ex-wife Rita manage as her family becomes more dysfunctional at every function? Can she possibly be as happy as she seems?

The wonderfully entertaining new novel from bestselling author of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin. Long-time Potherthwaite resident Sally Mottram cannot stand the decline of her town. The bookshop is about to close, abandoned buildings line the canal and Potherthwaites residents seem stuck in a disheartened rut. Something has to be done, but what? And who will do it? When an unexpected tragedy shatters Sallys life, she bravely takes on the task herself. Supported by a group of locals, including thrice-married Marigold Boyce-Willoughby, who is forever looking for love, and married couple Jill and Arnold Buss, who might both be falling for their new neighbours, Sally embarks on her ambition to bring the town back to life. But can one woman rally a whole community to save itself? David Nobbs much-anticipated new novel is a hilarious, heartwarming tale about what keeps our community spirits alive.

Un clásico de la comedia inglesa, considerado uno de los libros más divertidos, crueles e irreverentes de la reciente literatura anglosajona. Inspiradora de una de las comedias televisivas más famosas de todos los tiempos, "Caida y auge de Reginald Perrin" es una obra maestra del genero humoristico en el ambito anglosajon. Su protagonista, Reginald Perrin, es un hombre gris; un mediocre e infeliz ejecutivo de ventas cuarenton, que malgasta sus dias en la empresa Postres Lucisol, sometido a un jefe estupido para el que desempeña un trabajo alienante, mientras lleva una vida suburbana al lado de su esposa y una familia plagada de gorrones. Hasta que un dia, entregado a continuas fantasias que le apartan momentaneamente del sopor, decide tirarlo todo por la borda y dar el gran paso: desaparecer sin dejar el menor rastro, simular su propio suicidio, y adoptar una segunda identidad para volver a comenzar desde cero.

From one of the greatest comedic writers of a generation comes a story of love, faith and taxidermy. Three mighty obstacles threaten the burgeoning love of childhood sweethearts Timothy Pickering and Naomi Walls. They are Steven Venables, a dead curlew and God. 1978: Two lovers perch precariously on the cusp of adulthood. Timothys father decides its time for him to take on the family taxidermy business; while Naomi dreams of a career on stage. Across the decades their lives continue to interweave, and occasionally cross bound by the pull of intoxicating first love. But will their destinies ultimately unite them? Nobbs moves his exceptional comic talent to a new-found depth. Memorable and moving, a tale of love won and love lost. You will never look at the art of taxidermy in the same way again.

______________________________________A classic collection of the hilarious Reginald Perrin books: The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin, The Return of Reginald Perrin and The Better World of Reginald Perrin, immortalised in two BBC TV series, now being repeated on BBC Four.Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is surely one of the best loved comedy heroes of our time, in both literature and television. This omnibus brings together the first three Reginald Perrin novels containing a lifetimes outrageous and hilarious adventures.When we first meet Reggie, he is sick to death with selling exotic ice creams at Sunshine Desserts. Driven to desperation by the rat race and the unpunctuality of Britains trains, Reggies small eccentricities escalate to the extreme, until finally he leaves the unacceptable face of capitalism behind by driving off in a stolen motorised jelly. In his pursuit of the unconventional, he devotes himself to faking his own death, opening a shop devoted to selling completely useless goods, and setting up a commune strictly for the middle-class and middle-aged.Join Reggie, who didnt get where he is today without some help from some memorable supporting characters, in one mans quest to avoid an everyday existence.

From the author of the Reginald Perrin series comes a classic tale of two families, one posher than the other, set in a Yorkshire town. Im the grooms father. Youre the brides mother. Its their wedding day. When Ted Simcock, maker of toasting forks in a small Yorkshire town, tries to avoid the inevitable with beautiful dentists wife Liz Rodenhurst, his anguished attempt fails utterly, with huge consequences for both their families.From one awkward do to the next, via a dentists dinner dance and the Crowning of Miss Frozen Chicken (UK), the fall-out touches everyone, but none more than Lizs husband Laurence and Teds wife Rita, the unexpected heroine of this tale. Charting the relationship of newlyweds Paul and Jenny, along with the infamous coupling of their respective parents, Ted and Liz, this book will have you cringing, crying and laughing out loud.

Inspiradora de una de las comedias televisivas más famosas de todos los tiempos, «Caída y auge de Reginald Perrin» es una obra maestra del género humorístico en el ámbito anglosajón. Su protagonista,

Reggie Perrin es un hombre gris, de mediana edad, que lleva una vida si cabe más gris: con una mujer insulsa, un trabajo alienante en una empresa de postres y nulas perspectivas vitales, decide simular su propio suicidio y comenzar de nuevo como una persona diferente. El regreso de Reginald Perrin el espiritu de la hilarante y agridulce Caida y auge de Reginald Perrin ofrece las nuevas aventuras de uno de los antiheroes mas inolvidables de la literatura britanica reciente. Tras diversas tribulaciones, incluida la temporada en que nuestro protagonista se ve obligado a cuidar gorrinos en una granja, Reggie abrira una tienda, Basura, en la que todo lo que se vende es completa y absolutamente inutil. Para su sorpresa, el proyecto se convierte en un exito apabullante. Cuando Reggie decide destruir el monstruo que ha creado, se da cuenta de que hay criaturas dificilmente eliminables.Un canto a la condicion suburbana y a la miseria del hombre moderno; una comedia tragica plasmada con un acido humor a prueba de bombas.

This hilarious sequel to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin follows his absurd trials and tribulations as he finds himself swept to fame and fortune.

David Nobbs classic is now available in ebook format." A change of environment will bring you new business and personal interests," said Cousin Percy. Pegasus was glad to hear this. Whether Pegasus Baines would have been so glad had he foreseen the outcome of his hasty decision to abandon the career of potential Nobel-prize winning nutrition scientist in favour of that world famous chef is less certain. The change of environment from North London with its deafening traffic to East Anglia with its menacing power stations brings new nightmares and new problems into his life.The ostrich country of David Nobbs novel lies somewhere between modern Britain and cloud cuckoo-land. Pegasus Baines is an innocent idealist, a self-deceiver. The tale of his tangles which gradually involve mistresses old and new, long-suffering family and several more-or-less innocent bystanders, modulates from honours melancholy to hilarious farce.

David Nobbs classic is now available in ebook format.One wintry afternoon a lodger named Wilson arrives at 38, Trebisall Avenue, filled with hope. As he crosses the threshold of Mrs Pollards house, with its "aura of impending stew" he becomes a new man. This is a tactic he has tried before, just as he has tried many jobs before, from cook to seismographers assistant. But alas, each time he was sacked because it was not his vocation. And so he has moved on, from town to town, from landlady to landlady: from Mrs McManus of Barnstaple, to Mrs McManus of Newport (I.O.W). Now, under the motherly eye of Mrs Pollard, he attempts a number of new vocations including those of poet and postman. Strange things befall him in the process: he is even tried and convicted for scandalous offences of which he has no recollection. But his progress continues, out through the end of this book, in search of a panacea for all mankind.

The much-anticipated novel from David Nobbs is the spiritual follow-up to The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin and is as witty as it is prescient.When revelations about the scandalous relationships and less than honest business practices of Sir Gordon Coppinger infamous financier and devotee of excess are made public, the glamorous façade of his London life begins to crumble and those around him fear the worst.But, much to Sir Gordons surprise, all he can feel is relief.In this brilliant and funny examination of modern British values, where success is governed by the principles of wealth and celebrity and driven by the insatiable desire to attain more and more, we meet the perfect anti-hero: Gordon Coppinger, a man going quietly sane.

David Nobbs classic is now available as an ebook .Why should up-and-coming, thirty-two-year-old executive Robert Bellamy get himself the sack? What made him draw a caricature of the Exports Manager on the wall of the non-executive gents? Why is he his own worst enemy?Is it because he nearly ran away from boarding school on his third day or because, when he was fourteen, his mother developed a fatal friendship for a man who looked like Hitler? Does his sense of inadequacy stem from his once being mistaken for a draft of 350 men? Or from his failure long ago to do justice to the facilities at Mme Antoinettes Maison dAmitie (Paris branch)? Has he been too slow with Sonia, too fast with Frances?Whatever the reason, one act of brinkmanship seems to lead to another. Robert finds himself involved in a series of embarrassing farewells and confusing interviews and open and shut court case as he drifts towards the prospect of a stiflingly happy Christmas and an intolerably cheerful New Year.

Life after Deborah reaffirms Nobbs as the best writer of comedy and observer of the nuances of human nature that there is today.One man, five very different women.James Hollingshurst is a man shaped by those who surround him. And in Jamess case, its some very different women. Be it his trusty wife Deborah, his hapless PA Marcia or his ex-girlfriend Jane. And theres one woman in Jamess life who looks set to upset the status quoBut a tragic accident is about to shake the bedrock of life as James knows it. An event sets a train in motion, which will challenge everything hes ever known and everyone hes ever loved. It will also bring his beloved daughter, Charlotte who he has not seen for fifteen years, tantalisingly close to him

Reggie Perrin es un hombre gris, de mediana edad, que lleva una vida si cabe más gris. Hasta que un día decide simular su propio suicidio y comenzar de nuevo como una persona diferente. «El regreso de Reginald Perrin» retoma el espíritu de la hilarante y agridulce «Caída y auge de Reginald Perrin», y nos ofrece las nuevas aventuras de uno de los antihéroes más inolvidables de la literatura británica reciente. Tras diversas tribulaciones, incluida la temporada en que nuestro protagonista se ve obligado a cuidar gorrinos en una granja, Reggie abrirá una tienda, «Basura», en la que todo lo que se vende es completa y absolutamente inútil. Para su sorpresa, el proyecto se convierte en un éxito apabullante. Cuando Reggie decide destruir el monstruo que ha creado, se da cuenta de que hay criaturas difícilmente eliminables. Un canto a la condición suburbana y a la miseria del hombre moderno; una «comedia trágica» plasmada con un ácido humor a prueba de bombas.