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The Darling Buds of May

AuthorH E Bates

NarratorPhilip Franks

SeriesPop Larkin, Book 1

Duration4h 21m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Novels

PublisherNaxos

VersionUnabridged

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Introducing the Larkins, a family with a place in popular mythology. Here they come, crashing their way through the English countryside in the wake of Pa, the quick-eyed, golden-hearted junk-dealer, and Ma, with a mouthful of crisps and a laugh like a jelly.

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