There is a Happy Land tells of the events of a few weeks in the life of a small boy on a north county council estate and the rhubarb fields, quarries and Clerk of Works yard that are his playground....

An exhuberant comedy which is yet a sad commentary on twentieth-century bureaucracy. The Hesseltines are living in property well overdue for demolition and they are looking forward to being re-housed in more beautiful and salutory surroundings....

Keith Waterhouse has rewritten \"\"The Daily Mirror\" Style\", a journalist\'s guide to language usage taking account of contemporary language style used in both tabloids and quality papers....