Lost in the Post: Dispatches from Inside Her Majesty’s Postal Service

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A postman in Huddersfield for more than fifteen years, Kevin Boniface has had ample opportunity to survey the human condition. In his collection of vignettes, set alongside photographs by the prize-winning Shaw & Shaw team, he paints a matchless – and hilariously recognisable – portrait of weekday life in an ordinary English town.
There is the Holme close resident who sweeps his lawn with a dustpan and brush; the old buffer whose dream is to look inside the Grimscar post-box; and the ‘wobbly New Age Romantic’ who shows off in front of his Burberry-clad companion by trying to balance on bollards. Best of all, there is Rod Singleton, immortal sage of the smoking room and dispenser of wisdom on everything from Plasma TVs to rabbit stew to Christina Aguilera: ‘If she had Jordan’s tits she would be the perfect woman - apart from her face.’
AUTHOR
Kevin Boniface is an Operational Grade Delivery Officer (postman) based in Huddersfield. He began keeping a diary early in his career as he was keen not to miss anything important, such as the changing seasons or hairstyles. His first book, Where Are You?, was self-published to critical acclaim in 2006.
SALES
A unique ‘postman’s eye view’ of provincial English life
REVIEWS
Keenly observed and deliciously detailed, these tawdry treasures and priceless finds have been simply and honestly recorded in a perfect blend of text and image. Completely brilliant…One of my favourite books.’ Graham Rawle

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ISBN: 9781905847532
Author: BONIFACE KEVIN
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 20/12/2008
RRP: $22.95
Pages: 160
Dimension: 127mm X 185mm
Imprint: Old Street Publishing