Book 74: "The Restraint of Beasts" by Magnus Mills
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kittiwake'And to think they only started off building fruit cages,' said Tam.
'Who?' I asked.
'The company.'
'Did they?'
'That was before your time. Or yours, Rich. Raspberries mainly.'
'To stop them escaping? asked Richie.
'Er . . . No. Not really . . . no.'
Deadpan humour in this story of Scottish fencers, building high-tensile fences on an English farm. I enjoyed it more than "All Quiet on the Orient Express", but not as much of some of his other books.
'Who?' I asked.
'The company.'
'Did they?'
'That was before your time. Or yours, Rich. Raspberries mainly.'
'To stop them escaping? asked Richie.
'Er . . . No. Not really . . . no.'
Deadpan humour in this story of Scottish fencers, building high-tensile fences on an English farm. I enjoyed it more than "All Quiet on the Orient Express", but not as much of some of his other books.
