 A Funny Old Quist
Evan Rogers
The Memoirs of a Gamekeeper
Editor: Clive Murphy Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1906011-12-3
Area of interest: Britain
Genre: Autobiography Date of first publication: 1981
Eland publication date: November 10, 2003
Price: £10.99
An octogenarian game-keeper tells us the story of his sixty-eight years on the same Herefordshire estate. He can remember the time when wooden clogs were worn, and when young women gave birth in the fields while gathering stones for a shilling a ton. Although a traditionalist, he doesn't pretend that life was always easy, and he is sometimes sharply critical of former masters. From this truthful account, we get an unsentimental yet affectionate picture of life on a semi-feudal estate.
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"A trenchant, idiosyncratic and absorbing commentary…he has a Hardyesque relish for tales of lean times, and tells them superbly."
Philip Oakes, Sunday Times
"By the time you have finished, you will know this wonderful 82-year-old as if you had lived alongside him."
Jack Hargreaves, Field
"A refreshing and informative book, a social document of permanent value, as well as a good read."
Times Literary Supplement
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