Augustus Carp Esquire, by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man (Prion Humour Classics S.)

by Robin (Illustrator), Robin (Illustrator), Henry Howarth Bashford (Author)

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  First published in 1924, Augustus Carp Esq is a spoof autobiography: a deadpan comic account of a climb to the heights of mediocrity by a humourless, religious oaf told in his own self-important, sermonizing tone. He is assiduous in exposing the sins of others while ignoring his own.