The Hippopotamus

<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>