Book and author ID

[littlebabyjesus]

Want another?

German born American poet and novelist who failed his army medical when called up during WW2.

 

[souljacker]

Want another?

German born American poet and novelist who failed his army medical when called up during WW2.

Charles Bukowski

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Charles Bukowski

aye

 

[souljacker]

Ok, here's one:

Born in Hornchurch, educated in Salisbury, almost killed in Ladbroke Grove. Most of her books are full of horse shit.

 

[billy_bob]

Jilly Cooper? (guess based on the horse shit gag)

How about: son of a Burmese policeman who wrote about an indiscreet cat.

 

[souljacker]

Jilly Cooper? (guess based on the horse shit gag)

Yep.

 

[Bazza]

Saki.

 

[Orang Utan]

My dad saw Hemingway driving through Pamplona in an old Fiat in 1960

My dad used to go to the same café as Sartre and de Beauvoir. So there.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Jilly Cooper? (guess based on the horse shit gag)

How about: son of a Burmese policeman who wrote about an indiscreet cat.

George Orwell?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

George Orwell?

No Orwell *was* a Burmese policeman.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

I thought his dad was a Burmese copper as well? Couldn't get the cat reference either so it was a bit of a punt anyways

 

[iguzza]

Children's writer, author of many books,most of them serials, but her own daughter said she was the worst mother ever

 

[souljacker]

Children's writer, author of many books,most of them serials, but her own daughter said she was the worst mother ever

Enid Blyton

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Children's writer, author of many books,most of them serials, but her own daughter said she was the worst mother ever

Oi, what about the answer to this one then?

How about: son of a Burmese policeman who wrote about an indiscreet cat.

Steaming straight in here with your Enid Blyton's, how rude

 

[iguzza]

Enid Blyton

correct

 

[iguzza]

Oi, what about the answer to this one then?



Steaming straight in here with your Enid Blyton's, how rude

Dr Seuss, Cat in the hat ?????

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Should we tell her about it?
Now, what SHOULD we do?
Well...
What would YOU do
If your mother asked YOU?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Saki.

This was the right answer.

 

[iguzza]

Should we tell her about it?
Now, what SHOULD we do?
Well...
What would YOU do
If your mother asked YOU?

George Orwell ???

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

George Orwell ???

 

[iguzza]

am i right ???

 

[Bazza]

At no point have I used Google to find the answer.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

At no point have I used Google to find the answer.

Who cares about that? You didn't set a question so now iguzza's jumped in with Enid Blyton! It's all gorn pear-shaped....

 

[iguzza]

At no point have I used Google to find the answer.

google??? what is this google you speak of?

 

[billy_bob]

This was the right answer.

Yep, sorry I know it's bad form to ask a question and then piss off for hours.

 

[Vintage Paw]

best.game.evah.

/bookgeek