![]() Mariette takes a shine to 'Charley' - as Pop calls him - and before long the family have introduced the uncomplaining inspector to the delights of country living: the lusty scents of wild flowers, the pleasures of a bottle of Dragon's Blood, cold cream dribbled over a bowl of strawberries and the sweet song of nightingales. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order. Yet as junk-dealer Pop patiently explains: nothing's ever that simple at the Larkins'. Read reviews and buy The Darling Buds of May - (Pop Larkin Chronicles) by H E Bates (Paperback) at Target. ![]() Waiting for them is a young man: Mr Cedric Charlton, an upstanding inspector of taxes, come to discover why they haven't paid any. One pleasant May evening, Pop and Ma Larkin and their six children - sated on fish, chips and ice cream - return to the rustic charms of their Kent farm. Bates has generated through his books is so uplifting' Bradley Walsh The Darling Buds Of May by H E Bates Publisher Folio Society, London 2011 White Cloth Hardback, 160 pp Frontispiece and colour illustrations by Alice Tait. ![]() ![]() Bates's novel is back in a brand new adaptation starring Bradley Walsh and Joanna Scanlan Thirty years after The Darling Buds of May became one of the most popular comedy-dramas in ITV history, H.E. ![]()
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