It was a very hot day ndash; dazzling sunshine! ndash; and Mum ndash; she was wiping sweat from her neck. No; not wiping. Dabbing . . . Dab . . . Dab. Mum was a beauty. Not like me. And dont tell me I am because youll be lying and I wont thank you for it. Not today. Not when this whole thing ndash; us; here - is about me telling the truth. The latest from Philip Ridley is a beautiful; breathtaking new drama about one girls craving for family and home; and the lengths she will go to achieve them. Dark Vanilla Jungle embarked on a national tour of Great Britain in spring 2014.This edition also features a selection of previously unpublished monologues by Philip Ridley alongside the play.
#2635670 in eBooks 2009-03-06 2014-03-15File Name: B00J9JQPRK
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerCame in great condition. Really love the drawings.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Give it a chance!By JennyLike most American children; I was first introduced to engineer Rube Goldbergrsquo;s wacky machines through Looney Tunes; Tom and Jerry; and other vehicles of modern culture. However; unlike most American children; I was also introduced to Goldbergrsquo;s British counterpart; W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944). My parents had a book of his illustrations; and I spent way too many hours during my formative childhood trying to make sense of it rather than struggling through my McGuffey Readers. So when I recently received a reprint of Railway Ribaldy; Being 96 Pages of Railway Humour (Old House; 2014); sweet nostalgia was in the air.In 1935; the Great Western Railway (GWR); which linked London to west England and Wales; celebrated its one hundredth anniversary. Well-known World War I illustrator Robinson produced Railway Ribaldy to commemorate the occasion. His cartoons are political and cultural commentaries on the railroads in general and the GWR in particular; suggesting in a highly imaginative way how they evolved into efficient and comfortable means of transportation. That is; with fantastic contraptions that defy physics and the adaption of some of strangest social practices that have been giving laughing readers belly-aches for close to a century.So if yoursquo;re in the mood for some entertaining visual stories documenting railroad ldquo;history;rdquo; check out this new edition of Railway Ribaldy. Irsquo;ll admit the book suffers from an unattractive cover design. The colors and lettering especially scream ldquo;outdatedrdquo; rather than ldquo;timeless.rdquo; I feel that Robinson deserves something with a bit more posh. I also fear that too many readers will give up too easily on it. Some of the jokes are sure to be lost on todayrsquo;s American readers; as there are no notes explaining some of the nineteenth century publicrsquo;s concerns and the GWRrsquo;s dilemmas. Yet that can be seen as another opportunity for the readerrsquo;s imagination to take over. All flaws aside; I hope your family will enjoy this volume just as much as mine did.Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book as a First Reads giveaway winner on GoodReads.com. There was no obligation to write a review.
