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product_id: 62277504
title: "The Hippopotamus"
brand: "stephen fry"
price: "S$22"
currency: SGD
in_stock: false
category: "Books"
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region: Singapore
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# The Hippopotamus

**Brand:** stephen fry
**Price:** S$22
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

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- **What is this?** The Hippopotamus by stephen fry
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## Description

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        			&quot;My goodness what fruity language Fry uses! You can feel his enjoyment, and also the huge force of his desire to please you, as you read this&quot; (Mail on Sunday)&quot;Fresh, filthy, funny and fizzing with ideas&quot; (Evening Standard)&quot;One of the funniest people writing on either side of the Atlantic ... like a combination of Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis but funnier than either&quot; (Publishers Weekly)&quot;Deliciously wicked&quot; (New York Times)
				    	
			    	
        		  
        		  
        	
          
              
        	  	  Synopsis 
        	  
        	  
        		  
        			Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted...
				    	
			    	
        		  
        		  
        	
          
              
        	  	  About the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        			Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence, went on to study English Literature at Queen&apos;s College, Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars&apos; Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in Peter&apos;s Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie. More recently, he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. And his legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.

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