Author:Spike Milligan

Next was break me to harness. First, a stiff heavy collar on my neck. Then there was a bridle with great side-pieces called blinkers against my eyes. Then there was a small saddle strap that went under my tail: that was the crapper. I hated it, it stopped me having a crap. I never felt more like kicking so I kicked him in the goolies and they swelled up like melons. He had to put the harness on me while balancing his balls with one hand and could only move very slowly. In time I got used to everything (and he got used to swollen balls) and I could do my work as well as my mother. I used to wash up after dinner. Yes, I was a very good horse.
Many laugh-out -loud moments.
—— The Evening StandardA strikingly clever premise for a novel... Ackroyd's prose fizzes and sparkles as brightly as an electrical misconnection
—— Lucy Hughes-Hallett , IndependentConsistently funny. Ackroyd's comic genius... is allowed to let rip, with wonderfully enjoyable gusto
—— A.N.Wilson , Literary ReviewA startlingly good novel... authentically tragic and unforgettable
—— Victoria Glendinning , Daily TelegraphSo good I promise you will want to read it more than once
—— Daily TelegraphLingering, sensuous and provocative, Christopher's unusual fantasy is a masterful exercise in the necromancy of poetry ripened into prose
—— Scotland on Sunday






