{"product_id":"a-skimpton-compendium-john-c-biggins-9781838149505","title":"A Skimpton Compendium","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 1938 and the skies are darkening. On the playing fields of Faysgarth School, battle is about to commence. Skimpton, popular Deputy Head Boy, all-round good egg and sports supremo, needs a miracle if he's to beat arch rivals Rainingham with a first eleven still drunk from the previous night's debauchery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther obstacles include mercurial school scoundrel Marcus Dent, Constable Stubbs, the irredeemably dim local bobby, a cricketing vicar with a unique taste in flannels, and the lethally myopic Colonel Coombes, menace of the chemistry laboratory. A motley assortment of grubby dimwits, suspicious outsiders and sinister socialists means more trouble ahead for our heroic House Captain and his irrepressible fag Piggot - and there's even an escapade in the trenches with an affable George Orwell as he fights fascists in the Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this juicy collection of humorous stories Skimpton finds that, in a world beset by colonial conundrums, sexual tension, political skulduggery and the occasional stinky third-former, the immutable values of King and country don't always win the prize. For, whether the challenge is a chafing jockstrap or an infuriating history master, one thing's for certain: at Faysgarth nothing is ever quite what it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Skimpton Compendium\u003c\/em\u003e takes up where Michael Palin's \u003cem\u003eRipping Yarns\u003c\/em\u003e left off. If you like Lindsay Anderson's \u003cem\u003eIf\u003c\/em\u003e and the stories of Richmal Crompton and PG Wodehouse, you'll love \u003cem\u003eA Skimpton Compendium\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Biggins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838149503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838149505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trophy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"John C. Biggins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930892386559,"sku":"9781838149505","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cac01419-0586-49a4-9210-1028cce28fc1.jpg?v=1766344998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-skimpton-compendium-john-c-biggins-9781838149505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}