Bostock and Harris

Leon Garfield author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:2nd Dec '13

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Bostock and Harris cover

Would you trade your sister for a telescope? Another hilarious adventure starring Bostock and Harris.

On the night that Piggot’s Comet will appear over Brighton, the town plan to honour it with music and dancing. Unfortunately, as Mary does not care for Bostock, Harris is forced to apply his powerful mind to the problems of courtship and love.On the night that Piggot’s Comet will appear over Brighton, the town plan to honour it with music and dancing. Harris, however, has other ideas. Being scientifically minded, he thinks only of observing the comet in detail. He persuades his good friend Bostock to part with his father’s telescope in exchange for the affections of Harris’s sister, Mary. Unfortunately, as Mary does not care for Bostock, Harris is forced to apply his powerful mind to the problems of courtship and love.

A delicious literary concoction bubbling along with the author's perfect sense of dramatic timing and with his mixture of earthy humour and effervescent wit -- The Horn Book

ISBN: 9781782950646

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 139g

192 pages