Let Sleeping Vets Lie
A Autobiography, Humor, Memoir book. ...and just then the thin boy yawned. I had labelled him as an ineffectual sort of...
With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as assistant vet at the Darrowby practice. Time to meet yet more unwilling patients and a rich cast of supporting owners.Full of hilarious tales of his unpredictable boss Siegfreid Farnon, his charming student brother Tristan, the joys of spring lambing, a vicious cat called Boris and James' jinxed courtship of the lovely Helen, this third volume of memoirs is sure to delight hardened fans and new readers of James Herriot titles alike.'He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is infectious' "Daily Telegraph"'Full of warmth, wisdom and wit' "The Field"'It is a pleasure to be in James Herriot's company' "Observer "
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- Pages: 251 pages
- ISBN: 9780330443548 / 330443542
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Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object - and it always did the same thing to me. It's difficult to put into words but perhaps I can best describe it by saying that if I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously. James Herriot, Let Sleeping Vets Lie ...and just then the thin boy yawned. I had labelled him as an ineffectual sort of lad but he certainly could yawn; it was a stretching, groaning, voluptuous paroxysm which drowned my words and it went on and on till he finally lay back, bleary and exhausted by the effort. James Herriot, Let Sleeping Vets Lie
Another set of vet stories. This time a bit more sentimental then funny. Gentle, nostalgic, sentimentalised and clumsily written. Helps keep the myth of Yorkshire as "God's County" alive: at least it did when it was still selling. I don't think many are reading James Herriot these days. I am. And I'm enjoying them despite their faults. How lucky we are that James Herriot (pseud.) decided not only to bless the world with his work as a veterinary surgeon, but also with his writing. On first making the acquaintance you are delighted to find him truly funny, and on closer acquaintance he matures into a fine nature writer and chronicler of a way of life that is sadly no...
