Shakespeare's Cuthbert, by Patrick Barrett
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"Fans of Tom Sharpe will LOVE this!" "Reality seemed to wander into the room by accident" At the heart of this riotous laugh-a-paragraph farce that will delight members of amateur dramatic societies everywhere, lies a forgotten village in a remote valley where the 'real valley folk' live, including Cuthbert, the village undertaker, impressario of the shambolic annual theatre production, and holy fool; Margery, the local beauty and mother of the Mafia twins whose constant creative disruption provides a reliable source of hazard and misadventure; the anonymous milkman whose flashing teeth can fell a woman at fifty paces; Percy the gardener whose still waters run curiously if not necessarily deep; and the regulars at the Mandrake Arms who drink to remember, drink to forget as plots and plans flourish in their midst. Suddenly into this by-water of rural oblivion bursts a band of newcomers who have taken up residence of the seigneurial Mandrake Hall – Henry, a prominent media reporter and his daughter who is more horse than her horse; Henry's brother, Ronald, an adventurer, a mercenary and a sometime crook; and the unreconstituted Captain and his much put-upon wife Elspeth. What are these rank and unlikely outsiders doing in these obscure parts and what are they looking for as they vigorously comb the village and the extensive network of tunnels built beneath it? One clue is the persistent legend that the Bard himself, William Shakespeare, was once employed as a tutor up at the Hall (thus the annual village play) and that there might still be fragments of his early work – a fumbling politically-incorrect piece – waiting to be discovered. Fame and fortune may follow, but corpses will be dug up first.
Shakespeare's Cuthbert, by Patrick Barrett- Amazon Sales Rank: #1336866 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-10
- Released on: 2015-03-10
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Patrick Barrett is an ex-miner from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. 'Shakespeare’s Cuthbert' is his first book, though he has been writing comedy for several years. His aims as a writer are ‘to be successful and make people laugh by providing them with an escape from the harshness of real life’.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Should come with a health warning By Demonica I am serious...this book should come with a health warning.Do not read Shakespeare's Cuthbert if recovering from recent surgery...ensuing laughter will break your stitches.Do not read while drinking any beveridges, your Kindle will be at risk from splattered fluids as you splutter with uncontrolled mirth.Do not read while travelling on the London Underground....you will laugh out loud many times and will be avoided by the other passengers. Actually, that sounds a good idea and one way to guarantee a seat...In other words this is a very funny book indeed, hitting the floor running from page one....written by an author with a fine way with words and a rollicking sense of the absurd in so called everyday life. The larger than life characters are still believable as are the situations they find themselves in due to Mr Barrett's keen observationary skills.I will not compare Mr Barrett to any other comic writer...he is unique.Do your brain a favour and treat it to daily doses of Shakespeare's Cuthbert...laughter is a great medicine!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Absolutely funny! By Linda S. Myers Patrick Barnett's SHAKESPEARE'S CUTHBERT is hilarious. The premise of the plot is that in the (unnamed) valley, William Shakespeare as a young man worked as a tutor at Mandrake Hall. There he wrote his first play, critical of Queen Elizabeth I, who demanded the play be suppressed and Shakespeare turned over to the authorities for justice. The valley people hid the play and protected Shakespeare until the furor died down and it was safe for him to go to the theatrical center of England, London. Valley traditions developed, including every child's receiving a Shakespearean middle name and Cuthbert's family yearly producing a Shakespeare play. Flash forward to present day. Cuthbert, the protagonist, is an undertaker/farmer/theatrical impresario. Various outsiders, convinced that Cuthbert has priceless undiscovered Shakespeare manuscripts, arrive to enrich themselves at his expense. The plotting continues as a comedy of errors, complete with Cuthbert's production of Shakespeare's first play, Shakespeare's CUTHBERT.If you remember the 1970s Britcom SOME MOTHERS DO `AVE `EM, Frank Spencer is the prototype for Cuthbert--good intentioned, naive, gormless, producing total chaos whenever and wherever he goes, not realizing that he does so. If you don't remember Frank, think Laurel and Hardy. The villains (a former newspaper reporter, his brother who's a mercenary soldier/assassin, a deranged museum curator, a retired army captain, his downtrodden wife, malevolent twins, a thieving antiques dealer, and the head of the valley Mafia) are appropriately evil and bungling, though they are won over through involvement in the play. In the end, the existence of the play is concealed, and Cuthbert hides the manuscript in a cache of other old scrolls.I debated labeling this review with "spoilers" at the top but realized that it isn't necessary. The premise of the plot is secondary to the characters and to the laugh-out-loud humor. The writing is vivid: "When real life visited Cuthbert, it came like the seventh cavalry with the whole Sioux nation screaming behind it." SHAKESPEARE'S CUTHBERT was an inexpensive download from Kindle. I heartily recommend it. For mystery 3/5 stars (C); for slapstick comedy 5/5 stars (A+)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. So funny I read it twice By tee gee Firstly I made the mistake of reading this on the bus. I laughed so much the other passengers looked at me unsure.Secondly when I finished it I started again and still the tears of laughter rolled down my face.This is a book that I will never forget and have recommended it at every opportunity.Very worthy of the 5 stars.Teresa Geering.
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