Loved itthis book really surprised me I enjoyed it quite a lot and it made me laugh out loud which definitely makes it deserve a spot on the top 10 of 2012
Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog) (1889)
Others: Positive Three feckless young men take a rowing holiday on the Thames river in 1888. Referenced by Robert A. Heinlein in Have Spacesuit Will Travel as Kip's father's favorite book. Inspired To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.
- ISBN:
- 9781954839397
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- 180 pages
Genres: historical fiction, classics
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