num_pages: 292
description: Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too.Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan.But strange things have been going on at Swafford.  Miracles, Healings, Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted...
language: English
title: The Hippopotamus
titlecomplete: The Hippopotamus
characters: Jane Swann, Simon Logan, Michael Logan, David Logan, Ted Wallace
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Audiobook
ratings_count: 9879
places: Norfolk, England
publisher: Random House