RONALD SEARLE

On The Illustrated Winespeak's first publication in 1983, this hilarious send-up of winetaster's jargon was hailed by 'The Financial Times' as "one of this year's bubbling successes". It has since been constantly reprinted to meet demand and has become a classic of its kind. For all those mystified by the strange pontifications of wine-buffs, Ronald Searle's The Illustrated Winespeak is the perfect guide to the meaning behind "distinctive nose", "full bodied" and "elegant but lacks backbone".

47 jewel-like drawings by Ronald Searle made for his wife, Monica, each time she underwent chemotherapy On New Year's Eve 1969, Monica Searle was diagnosed with a rare and virulent form of breast cancer Each time she underwent treatment, Ronald produced a Mrs Mole drawing 'to cheer every dreaded chemotherapy session and evoke the blissful future ahead'...

A selection of cartoons to coincide with the 2007 St Trinian's movie starring Colin Firth and Rupert Everett.

Una de les creacions més políticament incorrectes que s'han escrit mai sobre el món escolar i, alhora, un clàssic genial de la literatura juvenil il·lustrada.

Ronald Searle takes us back to the world of the Gothic Public School in The Terror of St Trinian''s. In this gloriously anarchic academy for young ladies we witness shootings, knifings, torture and witchcraft, as well as many maidenly arts. The subject of many evergreen films, St Trinian''s is synonymous with the sort of outrageous behaviour that would make a convict blench. This book also contains a selection of Ronald Searle''s work from the non-school books, including The Rake''s Progress, Souls in Torment and Merry England, etc. and their publication in one volumes stakes Searle''s claim to be the greatest and most influential English satirist since the war.

Ronald Searle takes us back to the world of the Gothic Public School in The Terror of St Trinians. In this gloriously anarchic academy for young ladies we witness shootings, knifings, torture and witchcraft, as well as many maidenly arts. The subject of many evergreen films, St Trinians is synonymous with the sort of outrageous behaviour that would make a convict blench. This book also contains a selection of Ronald Searles work from the non-school books, including The Rakes Progress, Souls in Torment and Merry England, etc. and their publication in one volumes stakes Searles claim to be the greatest and most influential English satirist since the war.

Un clásico de la literatura inglesa más gamberra, divertida y genial, para todas las edades, y que se presenta en espléndida traducción de Jon Bilbao.Considerado un clásico de la literatura ilustrada del XX, y una de las creaciones mas gamberras jamas escritas, "¡Abajo el colejio!" inaugura las aventuras del famoso colegial Nigel Molesworth, un claro antecedente ingles del Pequeño Nicolas y gran exito de ventas en Gran Bretaña en los años cincuenta. Nigel Molesworth es un estudiante malefico que vive interno en el Colegio de San Custodio, que tiene solo 62 alumnos y que, segun Nigel, fue construido por un lunatico en 1836. Nada escapa a su ojo clinico, y suele encontrar poco tiempo para tostones como la biologia o la poesia. Prefiere, sin embargo, saltarse las clases o hacer gamberradas con Peason, su mejor amigo, con quien protagoniza frecuentes expediciones interplanetarias, con Fotherington-Tomas, el tonto del grupo, o con Molesworth-2, su hermano pequeño, al que zurra en cuanto tiene ocasion.

Considerado un clásico de la literatura ilustrada del XX, y una de las creaciones más gamberras jamás escritas, «¡Abajo el colejio!» inaugura las aventuras del famoso colegial Nigel Molesworth, un cl