Bleak Expectations

Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, BLEAK EXPECTATIONS recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of his cruel guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent. Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, nightmarish court-cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: Bleak Expectations is a novel like Charles Dickens might have written after far too much gin. Bleak Expectations' recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed family and distinctly damaged life, aided by his best friend Harry Biscuit and definitely not aided by his cruel and ironically named guardian Mr Gently Benevolent and his accomplices, the fearsome Hardthrasher siblings. Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, unlikely inheritances, nightmarish court cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: 'Bleak Expectations' is the novel Charles Dickens might have written after drinking far too much gin. Praise for the Radio 4 series: 'Mark Evans writes one of the wittiest, most ingenious scripts on the air, a Dickensian pastiche with a slight Rocky Horror Show echo.' Daily Telegraph. 'A freshly minted comedy classic.' Guardian. ' ... inspired lunacy.' The Times What the Dickens?! Young Pip Bin strives to rescue himself and his sisters from the plotting of his guardian, Mr. Gently Benevolent, and the blood-curdling Hardthrasher brothers, in this work based on a 6 episode radio programme, which uses a pastiche of the Victorian novel with humorous intent Hearing Bleak Expectations on the radio is a splendidly satisfying experience, but now you can get even more thrills, spills, words and added paper! Bleak Expectations the novel will shortly be available for purchase in all literatur The Remarkable Adventures Of Young Pip Bin As He Struggles To Rescue Himself And His Sisters From The Plotting Of His Guardian, The Scheming, Evil And Badly-named Mr. Gently Benevolent, And The Blood-curdling Hardthrasher Brothers