Pratt a Manger

David Nobbs

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Published by Cornerstone Publishing

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EAN: 9781409065548
Published: 1 Feb 2009

About the book

Synopsis

When pretty young TV researcher Nicky Proctor visits Cafe Henry in London's Soho, Henry Pratt's life changes forever. He becomes an instant star of the TV food quiz, A Question of Salt and before long he is given his own series, Hooray, it's Henry. The book of the series reaches Number Two. He's a celebrity. Henry Ezra Pratt has come a long way from his humble beginnings.

But, as usual in Henry's life, things begin to go wrong. He incurs the deep hatred of rival celebrity chef Bradley Tompkins, with his bad manners, bad wig and no Michelin stars. A war is waged against him, escalating into plots and deceptions which threaten to destroy the reputation and career of the man dubbed 'The People's Chef'. It must be Bradley behind all this - or must it?

On the domestic front, too, there are storms ahead. Henry is blissfully happy in his second marriage to Hilary, but he is sorely tempted by young Nicky and his lovely co-star Sally. Can he resist? Can he become a real man at last? Or will success spoil Henry Pratt for good...?

We last met Henry Pratt in The Cucumber Man. Pratt à Manger continues the hilarious story of a great British underdog.

Press

What the critics say

No writer combines humanity and humour as effectively as David Nobbs
- Daily Express

Shrewd and funny

- Sunday Times

Infused with an unusual compassion and intelligence
- Daily Mirror

An amusing romp through media London
- The Times

This latest instalment in the adventures of Henry Pratt is well worth its salt!
- The Good Book Guide

There is no better comic novelist in Britain today than David Nobbs, and the Henry Pratt series is surely his greatest work - even funnier, sadder, and fuller than his Reggie Perrin books
- The Word

Nobbs's hilarious satire on celebrity culture is fuelled by an inexhaustible supply of jokes, while its sense of human frailty creates moments of true pathos
- Mail on Sunday

It's not humour but good humour that explains Nobbs' appeal
- Guardian

Celebrated comic writer and legendary creator of Reginald Perrin, the brilliant critique of capitalist absurdity
- Writing Magazine

Flows brilliantly ... sometimes funny, sometimes poignant ... a great read
- New Books Magazine

In this sparkling comedy, Pratt is 60 and running a café in Soho when he is persuaded to appear on A Question of Salt, a television quiz-show for celebrity chefs ... All this gives Nobbs the perfect stage on which to satirise celebrity, a task he undertakes with great relish and humour
- Sunday Times

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