Sign in with Facebook
David Nobbs’s Followers (39)
David Nobbs
Born
in Petts Wood, The United Kingdom
March 13, 1935
Died
August 09, 2015
|
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (Reginald Perrin, #1)
—
published
1975
—
2 editions
|
|
|
The Return of Reginald Perrin (Reginald Perrin, #2)
—
published
1977
—
17 editions
|
|
|
Going Gently
—
published
2000
—
13 editions
|
|
|
Second from Last in the Sack Race (Henry Pratt #1)
—
published
1983
—
14 editions
|
|
|
Reginald Perrin Omnibus (Reginald Perrin, #1-3)
—
published
1990
—
10 editions
|
|
|
It Had to Be You
—
published
2011
—
9 editions
|
|
|
The Better World of Reginald Perrin (Reginald Perrin, #3)
—
published
1979
—
10 editions
|
|
|
Pratt of the Argus
—
published
1988
—
10 editions
|
|
|
The Second Life of Sally Mottram
—
published
2014
—
3 editions
|
|
|
Bit Of A Do
—
published
1987
—
7 editions
|
|
“the memorial stained-glass window dedicated to the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, on whose side God had been in two world wars, though this hadn’t prevented them suffering heavy casualties.”
― A Bit of a Do
― A Bit of a Do
“Other species don’t suffer like people,’ he said. ‘Lizards don’t start to drink earlier and earlier in the day. Hartebeests don’t become dirty old hartebeests. Orang-outangs don’t dread redundancy. Llamas don’t go through the change of life. Elderly chameleons don’t fear old age and tell their bored infants: “Natural camouflage isn’t what it was when I was a lad.”
― The Return of Reginald Perrin
― The Return of Reginald Perrin
“Democracy?’ said the landlord. ‘Democracy’s finished. It’s a dead duck. I look at it this way. I was a socialist. Now I run a pub. I’m a conservative. Why? Self-interest. What sort of a bloody system’s that? No, I’d abolish democracy tomorrow if it was me.’ ‘How?’ said Reggie. ‘Referendum,’ said the landlord.”
― The Return of Reginald Perrin
― The Return of Reginald Perrin
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Next Best Boo...:
The Title Game
|
20218 | 14591 | May 30, 2013 12:53PM | |
|
Reading with Style:
SP 2014 RwS Completed Tasks - Spring 2014
|
1052 | 207 | May 31, 2014 09:05PM | |
| Aussie Readers: April - The 25 Challenge! | 290 | 272 | May 03, 2016 11:31PM | |
| Aussie Readers: Cats: Reducing my oldest TBRs from other people | 110 | 115 | Jan 03, 2017 07:45PM | |
| Reading the 20th ...: Group Read -> February 2019 -> Nomination thread (A humourous book won by Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons) | 32 | 28 | Dec 06, 2018 02:21AM |
