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Dear Lumpy

Roger Mortimer

'Dearest Lumpy
I hope you are plump and well. Your mother bashed her car yesterday and chooses to believe it was not her fault...'
Roger Mortimer's witty dressing-downs and affectionate advice were not only directed at his wayward son Lupin. Though better behaved than her mischievous older brother Louise (aka 'Lumpy') still caused her father to reach for his typewriter.
The trials and tribulations of Louise's days at boarding school her eventful wedding to Hot¬Hand-Henry and the birth of his grandchildren are all accompanied by a sometimes chiding but always loving letter.
Between these milestones Roger gives updates on the family pets and the local gossip holds forth on the weather road safety and even suggests the best way to make a gravy soup all in his own inimitable style.
With the same unique charm and often snort-inducing humour that made Dear Lupin a bestseller Roger Mortimer guides and supports his daughter through every scrape she found herself in. Hilarious and instantly familiar Dear Lumpy is a perfect example of the glorious art of letter writing and the timeless relationship between father and daughter.

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  • Classification : Biography & Memoir
  • Pub Date : APR 3, 2014
  • Imprint : Constable
  • Page Extent : 208
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9781472111265
  • Price : INR 499
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Roger Mortimer

ROGER MORTIMER was born in 1909 and educated at Eton and RMC Sandhurst. In 1930 he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards and saw action in Palestine eight years later. He fought with the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium in 1940 and was taken as a POW for the remainder of the war. He left the army in 1947 and became among other things racing correspondent for the Sunday Times for almost thirty years. He wrote several classic books on racing including The History of the Derby. He met Cynthia Denison-Pender in 1947 and was married the same year. They had two daughters: Jane and Louise and one son Charles. Roger died in 1991.

CHARLIE MORTIMER was educated at Wellesley House and reluctantly Eton. He was among many other things in the Coldstream Guards and for over two decades 'consigliere' to flamboyant antiques dealer the late John Hobbs. Currently he works as a director of Jamb Ltd and together with his partner Tim collects contemporary art which they then loan to institutions all over the world. He edited his late father's letters to him in the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Lupin which was subsequently adapted into a West End play.

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