Book description
Nigel Molesworth, the curse of St. Custard’s school, is known to his huge army of fans through Geoffrey Willans' four books Down with Skool!, How to be Topp, Whizz for Atomms and Back in the Jug Agane, first published between 1953 and 1958, and illustrated by Ronald Searle.
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This is pre-St. Custards. It was written during the war and follows Molesworth and his brother at several very minor private schools. The sardonic and philosophical curse of St. Custards had a profound impact on my childhood psyche. I was so happy to see something new from the 'goriller of 3B'.
Nicely illustrated by Uli Meyer of Roger Rabbit fame. This is the antithesis to the hearty kind of boarding-school stories that were and still are prevalent, including those overrated Potter books, as any fule kno.
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