The HippopotamusSoho Press, 1994 - 292 Seiten I've suffered for my art, now its your turn. So begins the tale of Ted Wallace, known (unaffectionately) as the Hippopotamus. Failed poet, failed theater critic, failed father and husband, Ted has his faults too: he is a shameless womanizer, drinks too much, and is at odds in his cranky but maddeningly logical way with most of modern life. Fired from his newspaper, Ted seeks a few months' repose and free liquor at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Michael Logan, to whose beautiful and mysterious son David, Ted is godfather. |
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... heard the silken rustle of a dressing - gown being drawn on . With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room . He leapt along the corridor in a panic , stop- ping by the long - case clock at the end ...
... heard the silken rustle of a dressing - gown being drawn on . With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room . He leapt along the corridor in a panic , stop- ping by the long - case clock at the end ...
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... heard echoes of the closing volleys of gunshot rattle off the windows and brick - work of the house half a mile behind them . The first flush had taken per- haps forty seconds and he had only just managed to get off both bar- rels ...
... heard echoes of the closing volleys of gunshot rattle off the windows and brick - work of the house half a mile behind them . The first flush had taken per- haps forty seconds and he had only just managed to get off both bar- rels ...
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... heard David's voice , very low and husky . Bending double , I edged towards the sound , lifting each foot high off the ground and placing it down with all the strained delicacy I could manage . The effort caused me to pant and blow like ...
... heard David's voice , very low and husky . Bending double , I edged towards the sound , lifting each foot high off the ground and placing it down with all the strained delicacy I could manage . The effort caused me to pant and blow like ...
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