The Secret Lemonade Drinker (Penguin Fiction)

By Guy Bellamy

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014010481X
• ISBN13: 9780140104813
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Laugh out loud funny

Like Justin, below, I first read this book in my early twenties in the sunny climate (NOT!) of Grimsby, England. Fifteen years later, as I strive for some company during my commute into Chicago I recalled the belly laughs of this book which have remained lodged in my memory ever since. It was as good as I remembered and prompted me to read as much of his stuff as I could get my hands on. Like Nick Hornsby, a generation later, his style is unpretentious with a keen eye for what really makes relationships tick.

English to the end

I found this in the family bookshelf when I was about 14. Basically what you have here is a man writing a story about life, and lost loves, and betrayall, in a padestrian and tollerant delivery. You never get to know about the author, ( i.e. " the first person delivering the dialogue"), in any other context other than that of the story. So thats what it is - a story.Sounds boring doesnt it - its excellent (any book that has a pub called the planet of the apes - [nick named after the social standing of the clientelle] - has to be a classic. And this book is!, - (not because i say so, but because if you know any 50 yr olds who read it - and many did in thier time - they will smile and tell you it is).I think I might read it again actually - its been about 20 years and I still remember it enough to waste my time writing a review for the hell of it.Look - if you are 55+ get it from the frigging library. You will buy a copy after reading it. Ple! ase email me if youve read it.Justin