Pook in Boots

Banking on Form was so funny people said, that they
daren't read it in public places - but Pook in Boots is
even funnier!
Leaving the Bank, Pook continues his aggressive
career in the Royal Marines, where he mixes with earls
and orphans - leading them all cheerfully to perdition,
willingly aided by the smallest Marine on record, the
Hon. Lesley Pilkington-Goldberg.
Opposing Pook and his dislike of discipline is that
magnificent character Sergeant Canyon - fifteen stone
of bad-tempered Saxon warrior - whose epic encounter
with Pook in the Unarmed Combat Class is
still remembered with awe by those who saw it.
Running through the story is the love-interest of
Pook's girl-friends - unexpectedly connected with his
celebrated inter-Service bout with the notorious
Bandsman Bangle, which is described here for the first
time. Because, as Pook remarks, "any fool can read a
love yarn but it takes grit to read this type of literature."
We meet the shrewdest tactician of them all in
Lieutenant Tudor - late house-detective at a London
hotel - whose fondness for the ladies is second only
to his skill in battle. What happens to Pook during the
disastrous Exercise Seaweed, followed by the
extraordinary Passing Out Parade and a hilarious party
in the West End night-club, will confirm his position
as the biggest laughter-raiser in the business.
Colonel Tank sums up wisely when he observes:
"Sometimes I wonder if I'm C.O. of a crack fighting
regiment or the manager of a West End hotel for spies."


Genre: General Fiction