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The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry

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The Hippopotamus

Author
Stephen Fry
Narrator
Stephen Fry
Publisher
Random House
Publish Date
2 September 2010
Run Time
9 hours 5 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Humorous fiction

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Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted.

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Author
Stephen Fry
Narrator
Stephen Fry
Duration
9 hours 5 minutes
Release Date
2 September 2010
ISBN
9781407012544
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Random House
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Humorous fiction

Synopsis

Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted.

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