The Adaptable Man

The Pegasus Press, 1965. Dustwrapper has chips and tears to spine ends and corners. Foxing and soiling to page edges. Stains to front e/p.

Electricity is coming to Little Burgelstatham, cottages are being modernised and the Overspill from London is starting to encroach on the village. While some would rather live in the past, Muriel Baldry welcomes the coming of electricity, as she can now hang her Venini Chandelier and organise adapting to the twentieth century demand darker needs?This is a vividly portrayed and poetic novel with a beautifully balanced sense of the ridiculous.