Dear Lupin...
by Roger Mortimer, Charlie Mortimer
Book Details
Binding: Hardback
Publication Date: 03/05/2012
Publisher: Constable and Robinson
ISBN-13: 9781780330037
Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous
Author Biography
Charlie Mortimer was born in 1952 and educated at Wellesley House, Broadstairs and (reluctantly) Eton. He has been, among other things, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, a vintage car restorer, an estate agent, a roughneck on an oil rig, a pop group manager, a mechanic in Africa, a manufacturer of boxer shorts and an antiques dealer. He currently describes himself as a 'middle aged, middle class spiv (mostly retired)'
Brief Description
Roger Mortimer's generous letters to his son are packed with anecdotes and sharp observations, with a unique analogy for each and every scrape Charlie Mortimer got himself into. This title includes 150 letters written to his son as he left school, and lived in places such as South America, Africa, Weston-super-Mare and eventually London.