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24%OFFMark Wallington - The Day Job: Adventures of a Jobbing Gardener - 9780099472674 - V9780099472674
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The Day Job: Adventures of a Jobbing Gardener

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Description for The Day Job: Adventures of a Jobbing Gardener Paperback. Mark Wallington, who want to change the face of British comedy, is going to finance this dream by becoming a gardener. The result is an account of a year spent working in other people's gardens. This is the story of nights spent in the back room of a pub trying to write scripts, and of days spent understanding the British obsession with gardening. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.

Mark Wallington has a dream. He is going to change the face of British comedy.

Unfortunately for the residents of north London, he's going to finance this dream by becoming a gardener.

The result is The Day Job, an account of a year spent working in other people's gardens: people like Mrs Fleming who is convinced there is buried treasure in the bottom bed; Mr Walters who is trying to create a fascist state policed by gnomes in his well-guarded plot in Gospel Oak; Mrs Glover who is probably the most attractive woman living in Britain; and poor ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099472674
SKU
V9780099472674
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-74

About Mark Wallington
Mark Wallington was born in Swanage in Dorset in 1953. He worked for a while as a gardener in London before becoming a scriptwriter and a journalist. In 1982 he walked the South West Coastal Path and his subsequent book, 500-Mile Walkies, became a bestseller. In 1992 Mark Wallington published his novel The Missing Postman and then wrote the script ... Read more

Reviews for The Day Job: Adventures of a Jobbing Gardener
An affectionate account of a year he spent fleecing the residents of north London as a jobbing gardener... Likeable and generous
Guardian

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