Bleak Expectations

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You think you know the entire story of Bleak Expectations" but look! Now its also a big fat juicy book. Like the radio series but with added jokes extra bits of story additional

Dimensions to characters & masses more paper. Unless youre reading it as an e-book in which case.. .masses more digital information bits. " Bleak Expectations" recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed family & distinctly damaged life aided by his best friend Harry Biscuit & definitely not aided by his cruel & ironically named guardian Mr Gently Benevolent & his accomplices the fearsome Hardthrasher siblings. Weep! As Pip is sent to Britains nastiest boarding school St Bastards. Gasp! As the true extent of his despicable guardians plan becomes clear. Worry! As our hero is committed to the Workhouse where he meets the hideous poverty-punishments of the treadmill the grindstone & the painwheel. Sigh! As Pip finds love with Londons most eligible frail beauty Miss Flora Dies-Early. Find a tenterhook & sit on it! Grim circumstances mistaken identities unlikely inheritances nightmarish court cases ridiculous names convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems over-sentimental death scenes & lots & lots of adjectives: " Bleak Expectations" is the novel Charles Dickens might have written after drinking far too much gin. Praise for the Radio 4 series: " Mark Evans writes one of the wittiest most ingenious scripts on the air a Dickensian pastiche with a slight " Rocky Horror Show" echo". (" Daily Telegraph"). "A freshly minted comedy classic". (" The Guardian"). " Lightly punned & briskly acted with some excellent sound effects " Bleak Expectations" is expert stuff in the manner of Blackadder". (Miranda Sawyer " The Observer"). "...inspired lunacy". (" The Times")."