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The Inn at the Edge of the World - Thomas Ellis, Alice


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The Inn at the Edge of the World - Thomas Ellis, Alice

 
Description: ISBN 1888173459 / Author: Alice Thomas Ellis / This is the story of five Londoners who, for various reasons leave the city to stay in an ... more
The Inn at the Edge of the World - Thomas Ellis, Alice ... inn on a remote Scottish Island for Christmas.

Newest Review: ... their pagan past apparently). Mabel thinks he is "effing mad" and storms off. I couldn't help remembering ... more

 ... Sybil driving off in her mini after a row with Basil in Fawlty Towers, although Mabel has to make do with a lift from the local boatman as he goes across to the mainland to pick up the five guests who have answered the ads. Here the echoes of Agatha Christie drown out any shrill cries of "Basil!" The five people drawn to spending their Yuletide in such a bleak place are:- • Jessica - an actress, fairly well known from films, TV and voice-overs; • Jon - another thespian, who follows Jessica to the e...more

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The Inn at the Edge of the World
Pages: 192, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Penguin Books Ltd
Last Update 22.12.2009 05:45
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The Inn at the Edge of the World
Pages: 192, Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, Viking
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Premium Review The Inn at the Edge of the World - Thomas Ellis, Alice: No Ho Ho on an island like Rum? (525 words)
by - written on 13/12/01 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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Dreading Christmas? Wish you could go and live on an island somewhere miles from anywhere to get away from it all? Well sorry Santa, you can't - it's in your job description, you're going down those chimneys whether you like it or not! And the rest of you should be careful what you wish for... Eric and Mabel run an inn on a craggy island off the coast of Scotland, Eric can't help loathing his clientele sometimes, and would like to attract a better calibre of guest. He has a brainwave, and places advertisements in magazines offering people the chance to get away from Christmas by spending the holiday at his 'inn at the edge of the ...  Read the complete review

 

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