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Up and Down in the Dales (Paperback)

by Gervase Phinn (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; 1st Penguin Edition edition (31 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141011319
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141011318
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,809 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author Gervase Phinn comes a fourth book of reminiscences about life as a Yorkshire Dales school inspector that will continue to delight and charm fans across the globe. Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early retirement, Gervase is left feeling his year hasn't exactly begun on the right foot. Then the news that his local school is closing down, the accidental demolishment of an historical church (disguised as a disused barn in his backyard), and an injured knee which puts him into hospital. And still Gervase manages to gallantly retain his sense of humour throughout, making this a delightful, charming and thoroughly entertaining read.


About the Author

Gervase Phinn is now nationally recognised as a bestselling author, following the immense success of his books The Other Side of the Dale, Over Hill and Dale and Head Over Heels in the Dales, all of which have been top ten bestsellers. They have been read on Radio 4, sold a half a million copies in paperback, and television rights have now been sold to TigerAspect. He is married with four children and lives near Doncaster.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice enough way to spend an afternoon, 3 Jun 2004
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This review is from: Up and Down in the Dales (Hardcover)
Gervase Phinn has been called the James Herriot of schools, or words to that effect. The similarity between their work goes beyond the simple fact that they both write about their lives working in the Yorkshire Dales. Like Herriot, Phinn's books are full of amusing, feel-good stories, larger-than-life characters and the occasional tear-jerking moment. You can be sure that everything generally turns out all right in the end, though, and the bad teacher or errant schoolchild sees the error of their ways and becomes a better person. Phinn even meets his wife during the course of his work and, like Herriot, they have a suitably chaste courtship until he finally proposes at the end of the second book.

The events in Phinn's books take place around 16 years ago, not during the 1940s. Yet the Dales life that Phinn writes about is not greatly different from Herriot's. Remove the odd reference to television and skiing holidays and you're left with a book that could have been written at any time in the last 50 years. Whilst this gives the books a timeless, escapist feel, it also means that they miss the opportunity to provide a real insight into the job of a schools inspector in the late 1980s.

But despite their faults, the books are a good read. They are well-written and the stories are amusing, if predictable. I would suggest that the publishers re-think the cover design for the next book in the series, though, as I nearly didn't buy this one. The title and cover of the book were so similar to the previous three, I thought that I already owned it!

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Discovery of the Year, 6 Sep 2005
By E. I. Warburton "iwarburton_2000" (Prudhoe, Northumberland) - See all my reviews
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I've heard Gervase Phinn on Radio 4 but had never read a word he'd written till I received this as a surprise birthday present. I read it in two days, laughing out loud for much of the time, and can't wait to catch up with the rest of the canon. It's a bit of a cliche to compare him with James Herriot but this particular cliche isn't too far wide of the mark. He writes with affection and humility and I marvel at how well he remembers events in such detail. Don't miss this!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Cannot wait for the next book 'In the Heart of the Dales' out in 2007!!, 19 Nov 2006
I was introducted to this book by my step-grandmother - she is an avid book reader like me. Being deaf myself, I love books passionately the same way as people love their music. Once I had read the second book in the series, I went out and bought all the three remaining books and I have just finished reading 'Up and Down in the Dales' half an hour ago - Wanting more, I have done an internet search on Gervase Phinn to see if there are any more books to follow - and I am very excited to get my hands on the next one in the series - There are very few books that make you laugh out aloud!! Thank you Gervase for writing the enjoyable books!!
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