The Happy Island

'Partly a serious report of the way of life of a simple people not yet wholly corrupted by the great world and partly a wonderful day-dream of escape … Strikes me as a certainty in the bestseller stakes. It is Arcadian, idyllic, a vision of the golden days, and very funny.'—News Chronicle.

'He is a thoroughly entertaining writer, a keen observer and an objective reporter with never an axe to grind…. He produces a narrative which has a quality that makes it nearly impossible to put down.'—Yorkshire Post.

'Entrancing book.'—Birmingham Gazette

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