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Gone for a Burton Dave Cox

Gone for a Burton By Dave Cox

Gone for a Burton by Dave Cox


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Summary

Presents a comedy where a frustrated council worker decides to bring Richard Burton's body back to his home town in Wales for reburial in order to put the pride back into the depressed community. This book is a tale of love, pride, ambition and the lengths that one man will go to put his town, rugby team and his country firmly on the map.

Gone for a Burton Summary

Gone for a Burton by Dave Cox

Set in the South Wales steel town of Port Talbot, this is a tale of love, pride, ambition and the lengths that one man will go to put his town, rugby team and his country firmly on the map. Our unlikely hero is Turpin Thrust, a disaffected council clerk, fed up with the degradation of his beloved home town and its rugby team, and wanting to restore them to their former glory. How does he plan to do this? Well, by bringing home one of the town's most famous sons - Richard Burton - and opening a theme park in his name. The only problem is of course that said Mr Burton is currently located in a churchyard in Switzerland! Undeterred, Turpin and his pals plan to travel to Switzerland to bring him back and create a fitting monument. There follows a hilarious account of real life in a town that is lost in time. Dave Cox has an uncanny knack of depicting characters and places that anyone with a connection with Wales will strongly relate to. We follow Turpin and his friends as they carry out their crazy plans to travel to Switzerland in a camper van armed only with a couple of shovels and the best of intentions. The plot and characters will have you in stitches as it wends its way via a bus full of nurses, a rugby club strip show and an international rapping contest.

Additional information

GOR003007575
9781905886173
1905886179
Gone for a Burton by Dave Cox
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Troubador Publishing
2007-04-05
240
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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