Billy Bunter's Banknote

Billy Bunter #2

by Frank Richards

How did it come about that Billy Bunter, famed for being in want of cash, was one day waving a ten-pound note around? It was suspicious indeed when you take into account the fact that a considerable sum had recently been stolen from the Head's study.

Genres: Fiction, Humor

263 pages, Hardcover

First published July 15, 1932

About the author

Pseudonym of author Charles Hamilton, who created Billy Bunter and who also used plenty of other pseudonyms.

Those other pseudonyms were, in alphabetical order:
Winston Cardew; Martin Clifford; Harry Clifton; Clifford Clive; Sir Alan Cobham; Owen Conquest; Gordon Conway; Freeman Fox; Hamilton Greening; Cecil Herbert; Prosper Howard; Robert Jennings; Gillingham Jones; T Harcourt Llewelyn; Clifford Owen; Ralph Redway; Hilda Richards; Raleigh Robbins; Robert Rogers; Eric Stanhope; Robert Stanley; Nigel Wallace; Talbot Wynyard.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Truly horrible. How can anyone bear to be in the company of someone so greedy, lazy, untruthful and generally dislikable? How come his classmates even tolerate him? How come the school tolerates him?

I'd rather keep company with Bulldog Drummond.

Bunter's probably grown up to support Nigel Farage and be a Tory MP with a rape accusation hanging over him.

Odious.

[Jen Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Schools back in #1262 and Coker finds himself owing £25 for a horse. Of course, because it's Coker, a misunderstanding occurs, and soon the school is under the impression that Coker has taken to gambling.

#1263: Bunter hides a box of cigars in the empty Study No #4 but things don't go to plan when Quelch locks the study and the cigar box is revealed to hold money not cigars.

#1270 is laugh out loud hilarious. Bunter is framed for throwing a cricket ball at Carne of the sixth. Favourite moment: Bunter trying to conceal the photo frames!!!!

#1271 - #1275 is an utterly brilliant series. A hidden loot has been parked in Study Number #1 by a thief. The thieves confederates assume retrieving it will be east sailing - but are filled time and time again by a series of unexpected events. Every word in this series is perfect!

Favourite quote: #1272: "the most unsuspicious form master might have grown suspicious had he discerned that the sufferer did not know which leg was injured"

[Mikeh5972 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this brought back happy memories of having read the Billy Bunter books over fifty years ago. Although the story content is quite trivial Bunter's character provides much amusement. I am sure that these Bunter stories would still be enjoyable to any 12 year old readers - if there are any!

[Jen Pritchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourites!

[Amanda Rutendo · Rating 5 out of 5]

very very very nice

[Erick Njenga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant!