Michael Green (5) (1927–2018)

if you were to mix Pepys diary with Fielding's 'Tom Jones',then add a touch of Monty Python,you would get the feeling of 'Squire Haggard's Journal'.
Written by Michael Green,the author of that wonderfully funny series of books which include 'The Art of Coarse (sic) Acting'.
Amos Haggard and his hapless son Roderick embark on a series of adventures which involve whores,duels and escapades of all sorts.
On their travels through France,Italy and Germany they are chased by irate husbands and bandit chiefs. In fact (if you are in the right mood) this is a thoroughly enjoyable romp,and great fun.… (more)

An enthralling selection of anecdotes from Green's early career working on a series of provincial newspapers in the early post-war years before he eventually graduated to Fleet Street, and his subsequent success as author of the "Coarse" anthology (The Art of Coarse Cricket, The Art of Coarse Rugby, The Art of Coarse Acting etc).
There are some delightful incidental insights into the post-war privations that the nation suffered on into the early 1950s, and some marvellous descriptions of life the the English Midlands.… (more)