Lord Lindum’s Anus Horribilis

I came late to the party but it rocked. Hope it’s a series.

A short story, but hilarious. Enjoyed the characters and the storyline which is so up to date.

A witty look at 2020 through the eye of Lord Lindum. This had something of the flavour of PG Wodehouse about it. It would work well as a drama and is almost exclusively dialogue. Nonetheless it was an entertaining read.

Brilliant! Well written with two wonderful characters Who could have thought that anything amusing could come out of the nightmare of 2020, but this book certainly is a breath of fresh air in such turbulent times. If you love Jeeves and Wooster, then you will enjoy every page of this book. I do hope there will more books about Lord Lindum and his remarkable butler. Highly recommended.

Lots of smiles and LOL moments to be had from this short book which is full of buffoonery. Great fun!

I laughed like a drain, like a hyena, like no-one was listening.

I laughed my head/socks/knickers off.

I laughed till I cried.

I laughed myself silly.

I wept laughing.

I wet myself laughing.

Excellent. Anyone living near Lincoln should buy a copy. At least.

What happens when an irascible octogenarian peer of the realm confronts the Covid virus? How will Lord Lindum cope without his trips to the pub when lockdown bites? And how will his ever solicitous butler, Fiskerton, manage to supply His Lordship with correctly prepared ‘bog paper’? All this and so much more in the very funny Anus Horribilis. Much is to be learned, along with the laughs, including the correct treatment of choir boys and that Wales is not a foreign country.

The perfect antidote to 2020

In the current climate of lockdowns, tiers system, and other government doom and gloom echoing around us, Lord Lindum’s Anus Horribilis is a rare ray of satire for us all to relish. Set in Lincolnshire, the elderly yet comical Lord Lindum, accompanied by his family retainer Fiskerton, charter the previous eleven months from Christmas of 2019. Ian Thomson evokes the most poignant memories of 2020 from the first lockdown, the stepping down of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and to the cheerful melancholy of V.E. Day via the irascible aristocrat that is Aubyn Xerxes Arbuthnot Evelyn De’ath who possesses the unique gift of finding humour in what has been an Annus Horribilis for us all. If you’re in need of a good laugh, look no further.

Outrageous, hilarious and borderline surreal, Ian Thomson’s monstrous creation and his long-suffering but devious butler Fiskerton are unforgettable in this romp through the unique challenges of 2020. Richly entertaining – the perfect gift!