The Hippopotamus

by Stephen Fry

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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-
  • ISBN13 9781856863261
  • Publish Date 3 October 1996 (first published 24 March 1994)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 10 August 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Cornerstone
  • Imprint Random House Audiobooks
  • Edition Abridged edition
  • Format Audiobook (CD)
  • Pages 180
  • Language English