The Hippopotamus Av Stephen Fry

<p>Ted Wallace is a sour, old, cantankerous beast, a womanising and whisky-sodden bounder of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too.<br><br> Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months'' repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan.<br><br> But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted.<br><br> ''Clever...witty...not what it seems'' <i>The Times</i><br><br> ''My goodness what fruity language Fry uses! You can feel his enjoyment, and also the huge force of his desire to please you, as you read this'' <i>Daily Mail</i></p>