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I just ordered this book online. It came out recently in the UK, and is available from Amazon USA's independent booksellers. The author, Henry Hemming, is a bit of an eccentric himself. (Intrigued? You can read an extract of the book on his website.) He features profiles of such one-offs as the "half-Byronic, half-moronic" memoirist Sebastian Horsley...
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...the living goddess Vivienne Westwood......
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...and Britain's most infamous aristocrat (the one who's had 75 wifelets), the Marquess of Bath. No taking his secrets to the grave for him -- he has bravely chosen to release his autobiography, "Strictly Private", online, free to one and all.
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I especially love Henry Hemming's book cover as our family also has a penchant for garden gnomes. We took our most recent adoptee with us to San Luis Obispo on our Madonna Inn weekend.
He was a wonderful help with the luggage.
Unfortunately, he met a sudden demise a few weeks ago when he slipped out of my loving grasp and lost his footing (literally). R.I.P. Torleif.
6 comments:
I should have "gnome" you would have one of those little helpers.
I love those shots of your family gnome :)
I miss him.
I love that you have gnomes! My brother bought me a University of Kentucky gnome a few years ago (my alma mater) and this Christmas he bought a mate for Mr. UKY, Mrs. UKY. Too funny!
reminds me of Amelie- how perfectly odd yet delightful!
I think we may need to adopt another one soon. They're such good companions, and Torleif had very refined manners -- he always held the door open for me!
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