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Now a major West End play! From 3rd May 2023, see Bleak Expectations on stage at the Criterion theatre, with guest stars Stephen Fry, Dermot O''Leary, Sue Perkins and more!

Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, BLEAK EXPECTATIONS recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of his cruel guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, nightmarish court-cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: Bleak Expectations is a novel like Charles Dickens might have written after far too much gin.



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The funniest book since the one I haven't written yet. Mark Evans sets the bar annoyingly high. -- Robert Webb
Deliciously irreverent spoof of all things Victorian and melodramatic....Evans keeps the gag rate high. * The Observer *
A brilliant Dickens pastiche. * The Telegraph *

Bleak Expectations

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      Publisher Corsair
      Published 15 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9781472112583
      978-1472112583
      ISBN-10 147211258X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Now a major West End play! From 3rd May 2023, see Bleak Expectations on stage at the Criterion theatre, with guest stars Stephen Fry, Dermot O''Leary, Sue Perkins and more!

      Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, BLEAK EXPECTATIONS recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of his cruel guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

      Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, nightmarish court-cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: Bleak Expectations is a novel like Charles Dickens might have written after far too much gin.



      Trade Review
      The funniest book since the one I haven't written yet. Mark Evans sets the bar annoyingly high. -- Robert Webb
      Deliciously irreverent spoof of all things Victorian and melodramatic....Evans keeps the gag rate high. * The Observer *
      A brilliant Dickens pastiche. * The Telegraph *

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