![]() ![]() ![]() Mr Charlton is also attracted to Mariette, but in Ma’s words, Mr Charlton needs to improve his “technique” somewhat before a romance can blossom. (‘Invited’ is probably the wrong word, as Pop gets Mr Charlton so drunk he was unable to remember his own name, let alone leave the farm). ![]() Mr Charlton, who Mariette takes a liking to, is treated as a long lost friend, plied with food and alcohol and invited to stay for the night. The story begins with Pop and the family returning home from an ice cream run on a “perfick” (Pop Larkin’s word) May evening to find a tax collector, Mr Charlton, waiting for Pop. The family have plenty to eat and own a farm, as well as all sorts of strange and wonderful items which were acquired by Pa as payments for debt, including a pre-war Rolls Royce complete with speaking tubes for passengers to direct the car’s driver. ![]() Pop Larkin makes a good living for his family in a very dubious manner. The book tells the story of the Larkin family, scally-wag Pop, obese Ma, the beautiful Mariette (who may or may not be pregnant – neither Mariette or Ma are exactly sure who the father might be) and the rest of the Larkin children, who live in a “perfick” English rural paradise in the early 1950s. It isn’t very long and is quite light, but is very entertaining. The Darling Buds of May by HE Bates is a very surprising story. ![]()
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