A Sense of Humus: A Bedside Book of Garden Humour
- ISBN-10
- 0863277144
- ISBN-13
- 9780863277146
- Category
- Gardeners
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- Wolfhound Press (IE)
- Author
- Diana Anthony
Description
Garden literature, like gardening itself, can be a great source of comedy and semi-tragedy, furnishing scope for the full range of human emotions. This is a collection of wit, wisdom and whimsical humour including literary contributions from Victor Hugo, Dylan Thomas, P.G. Wodehouse and others.
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