A brilliantly funny novel based on the Radio 4 series
- now a major West End play!
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A brilliantly funny novel based on the Radio 4 series
- now a major West End play!
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Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, BLEAK EXPECTATIONS recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of his cruel guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.
Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, nightmarish court-cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: Bleak Expectations is a novel like Charles Dickens might have written after far too much gin.
Critic Reviews
“The funniest book since the one I haven't written yet. Mark Evans sets the bar annoyingly high.”
Deliciously irreverent spoof of all things Victorian and melodramatic....Evans keeps the gag rate high. - The Observer
A brilliant Dickens pastiche. - The Telegraph
About the Author
MARK EVANS has written four series of Bleak Expectations for Radio 4. He is an experienced comedy and entertainment writer for TV and radio; credits include That Mitchell and Webb Look, The Late Edition, Popetown and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, BLEAK EXPECTATIONS recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of his cruel guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent. Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, nightmarish court-cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: Bleak Expectations is a novel like Charles Dickens might have written after far too much gin.
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