{"product_id":"the-complete-fawlty-towers-paperback","title":"The Complete Fawlty Towers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Cleese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eConnie Booth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat did Basil Fawlty fail to avoid mentioning?\u003cbr\u003e Why did Sybil keep snagging her cardies? \u003cbr\u003e Where was Polly on the night of the great wedding anniversary disaster? \u003cbr\u003e And what is the Spanish word for \"donkey\"?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The answer to all these questions can be found in this, the complete and unexpurgated scripts of \u003ci\u003eFawlty Towers\u003c\/i\u003e--the most celebrated \"Brit-com\" of all time, and the show was voted the top UK television series ever by the British Film Institute. The snobbish, manic Basil . . . his over-coiffeured, domineering wife Sybil . . . the hopeless but ever-hopeful waiter Manuel . . . the calm and capable Polly . . . and of course the steady stream of abused guests--all live again in the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Fawlty Towers. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gahan Wilson in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has called John Cleese \"arguably one of the funniest people now living.\" And as one British periodical (\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e) put it, the book is \"superbly well written. If you're on a bus and can't see Basil Fawlty thrashing his car with a large branch, it is some compensation to read it happening.\" Or as one anonymous fan put it online: \"Yes, it's all here, all the comedy, the frustration, the dead body, even the rat.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cleese\u003c\/b\u003e is a multi-talented actor and author who lists his recreations in \u003ci\u003eWho's Who\u003c\/i\u003e as gluttony and sloth. At 6' 4 3\/4 he is exactly the same height as Basil Fawlty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eConnie Booth\u003c\/b\u003e, who was formerly married to John Cleese, was an oasis of sanity in Fawlty Towers as Polly.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762663948576,"sku":"9780306810725","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/08dbde44f06a09be968638a060d2fcdd.webp?v=1780223195","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-complete-fawlty-towers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}