Synopsis
And so the Larkins - Pop, Ma, Mariette, Zinnia, Petunia, Primrose, Victoria and Montgomery - return from an outing for fish and chips and ice cream one May evening. There, amid the rustic charms of home, they discover a visitor: one Cedric Charlton, Her Majesty's inspector of taxes.
Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights.
Mr Charlton is visiting to find out why junk-dealer Pop hasn't paid his tax - but nothing's that simple at the Larkins. Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and hot, hot summer nights.
Titre original : The Pop Larkin Chronicles, book 1: The Darling Buds of May (1958)
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2018 Editions Penguin Books
137 pages
ISBN : 9780141029672
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Un récit doux et rafraîchissant vantant les charmes d'une vie simple et joyeuse. Comme une bouffée d'air frais dans le monde toujours plus rapide dans lequel nous vivons.
Grosse déception. La description des charmes des femmes toutes les 2 pages et le point de vue très masculin m'ont vraiment dérangé.