With his charming twinkly stare and his bouncing enthusiasm Horace exudes lovability. Unfortunately that's not all he exudes. His breath is like napalm his coat is matted with weeds from the goldfish pond and - ever since the ban on hunting - Eau de Horace has carried subtle topnotes of fox poo. But he's such a darling that the Fitzroys have become impervious to his pong. Besides there's a certain mischievous pleasure to be got from watching their more sniffy guests cope with Horace's exotic fragrance. These hilarious razor-sharp pen portraits are spot-on insights into the gamut of modern life. In the one corner are the Sudoku Addicts: Tracey from accounts wondering whether she might have that compulsive sudoku syndrome like what Dean-from-the-postroom's sister got. In the other are the dilettante Christmas Jigsaw Puzzlers: Aunt Cassie forcing pieces together to create that hopelessly amateurish hump effect before bashing it flat with her rings. The brilliance of these caricatures culled from the Telegraph Magazine is that each and every one rings true.
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Classification : Animal World & Pets
Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
Imprint : John Murray
Page Extent : 96
Binding : HB
ISBN : 9780719568831
Price : INR 650
Victoria Mather
Victoria Mather is a journalist and broadcaster. As travel editor of Vanity Fair she investigates hotel heavens for the stars. She has worked for the Daily Telegraph since 1986 initially as film critic and subsequently as columnist. She is a commentator for CBS and NBC television in Americ works with Ned Sherrin on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends and has a travel column 'Victoria's Secrets' on the Telegraph's Ultratravel section. She and her husband John Raymond live in London Hampshire Moscow and the Four Seasons New York.
Sue Macartney-Snape was born in Tanganyika educated in Australia and now lives in London. She has had several sell-out exhibitions of her work and has been acclaimed as the Wodehouse of Art. In 2004 she won the Pont Award for drawing the British character.
Sue Macartney-Snape
Victoria Mather and Sue Macartney-Snape are the universally acclaimed duo who, over the past ten years, have created more than 500 social stereotypes. Their weekly column in the Telegraph Magazine is simply a must.>
