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Gentleman Jim [Hardcover]

Raymond Briggs (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Publication Date: 7 Aug 2008

First published in 1980, two years after The Snowman, Gentleman Jim has been unavailable for many years. We are delighted to bring it back into print as the first book in an occasional series, Cape Graphic Classics.

Gentleman Jim is the story of Jim Bloggs, a lavatory attendant who, dissatisfied with his station in life, devotes his time to envisioning a world beyond it. His walls are lined with books like Out in the Silver West, the Boys' Book of Pirates and Executive Opportunities, which provide fodder for his ruminations on career change. Encouraged by his wife, Hilda, also eager to incorporate more adventure into her life, Jim sets out to bring these dreams to fruition by accumulating various accoutrements, only to discover that the life of an executive, an artist or a cowboy is more complicated and costly than it appears.

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape (7 Aug 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0224085247
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224085243
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 18 x 23.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 269,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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`Briggs is not only very much alive; he's also more alive to the world than any other old git...'
-- The Observer, Rachel Cooke

`Briggs's manipulation of the impact of bureaucracy on the innocent is both hilarious and Kafka-esque...' -- Sunday Express

About the Author

Raymond Briggs was born in 1934. One of the most popular and innovative author-illustrators in the world, his books include Father Christmas, The Snowman, Fungus the Bogeyman, When the Wind Blows, The Man, Ug and Ethel & Ernest.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gentleman Briggs! 18 May 2007
By Mr. Matthew Munroe
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I have a feeling I read this as a child, at some stage, and can remember it being a great read. Sometime last year I had the urge to read it again, and I wasn't wrong first time round!

It's only a simple book but you can't beat Raymond Briggs's illustrations and imagination. There is something very unique about his style and the book itself. If you, or your children, have seen or, ideally, read the Snowman than I can pretty much garuntee you will like this book.

Now, I admit, it is a little sad towards the end and I can honestly say I've never felt truely sorry for a character in a book, apart from Jim. He tries so hard to make things good, is intentions are top notch but he isn't that bright has a few problems getting exactly what he wants.

A great and inticing read!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good example of Raynond Briggs' writing 1 Feb 2009
By AOD
Format:Hardcover
Gentleman Jim
A simple story about a simple man - touching, as with others of Raymond Briggs' stories e.g. the film "When the Wind Blows" AOD
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Briggs 4 Feb 2013
By A Hughes
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A beautiful and simply told story, which in true Briggs fashion has humour and poignancy in equal measure. I loved Jim!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jim 30 Jan 2013
By nad
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I'm a big Raymond Briggs fan love his art work and the story, so slowing getting all his books togeather for my grandchildren.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Neglected Raymond Briggs Classic 2 Jun 2010
By A. Foxley
Format:Hardcover
I stumbled across this after hearing a Radio 4 adaptation - and to my delight, the book is even better. A daydreaming lavatory attendant dreams of a more exciting life for himself and his wife, but without 'the Levels', as he calls them, he struggles to break free of his rather mundane existence. Heartwarming and sad in equal measure, this is Briggs at his very best. Jim is one of his most engaging characters - not especially bright, and with only a limited understanding of the world around him, but a romantic idealist who means well despite his behaviour. A brilliant picture book for adults, in the same vein as 'Ethel and Ernest' and 'When the Wind Blows'.
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