Sunday 1 April 2012

Mr Toppitt - Charles Eldon

I can't say that this is a good book, in fact I'd go so far as to say that it's a let down. The story begins with the writer of the 'Hayseed Chronicles' being hit by a bus in London, and taken to hospital by a passing American tourist. Told from the perspective of the son of the writer, the story centres around the fall out of the author's death, and what happens to the family. But the answer is 'not much', and I was left wanting so much more. I'm sure that it's ripe for being made into a film, in fact that's what it read like in many sections - a film treatment. Shame, it won't be staying on my bookshelves (in fact it's already gone!) Bought on Green Metropolis