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  • The Gentleman: A Novel

    Forrest Leo

    eBook (Penguin Books, Aug. 16, 2016)
    A funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her.When Lionel Savage, a popular poet in Victorian London, learns from his butler that they're broke, he marries the beautiful Vivien Lancaster for her money, only to find that his muse has abandoned him. Distraught and contemplating suicide, Savage accidentally conjures the Devil -- the polite "Gentleman" of the title -- who appears at one of the society parties Savage abhors. The two hit it off: the Devil talks about his home, where he employs Dante as a gardener; Savage lends him a volume of Tennyson. But when the party's over and Vivien has disappeared, the poet concludes in horror that he must have inadvertently sold his wife to the dark lord. Newly in love with Vivien, Savage plans a rescue mission to Hell that includes Simmons, the butler; Tompkins, the bookseller; Ashley Lancaster, swashbuckling Buddhist; Will Kensington, inventor of a flying machine; and Savage's spirited kid sister, Lizzie, freshly booted from boarding school for a "dalliance." Throughout, his cousin's quibbling footnotes to the text push the story into comedy nirvana.Lionel and his friends encounter trapdoors, duels, anarchist-fearing bobbies, the social pressure of not knowing enough about art history, and the poisonous wit of his poetical archenemy. Fresh, action-packed and very, very funny, The Gentleman is a giddy farce that recalls the masterful confections of P.G. Wodehouse and Hergé's beautifully detailed Tintin adventures.
  • The Gentleman: A Novel

    Forrest Leo

    Paperback (Penguin Books, Aug. 1, 2017)
    A funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her.When Lionel Savage, a popular poet in Victorian London, learns from his butler that they're broke, he marries the beautiful Vivien Lancaster for her money, only to find that his muse has abandoned him. Distraught and contemplating suicide, Savage accidentally conjures the Devil -- the polite "Gentleman" of the title -- who appears at one of the society parties Savage abhors. The two hit it off: the Devil talks about his home, where he employs Dante as a gardener; Savage lends him a volume of Tennyson. But when the party's over and Vivien has disappeared, the poet concludes in horror that he must have inadvertently sold his wife to the dark lord. Newly in love with Vivien, Savage plans a rescue mission to Hell that includes Simmons, the butler; Tompkins, the bookseller; Ashley Lancaster, swashbuckling Buddhist; Will Kensington, inventor of a flying machine; and Savage's spirited kid sister, Lizzie, freshly booted from boarding school for a "dalliance." Throughout, his cousin's quibbling footnotes to the text push the story into comedy nirvana.Lionel and his friends encounter trapdoors, duels, anarchist-fearing bobbies, the social pressure of not knowing enough about art history, and the poisonous wit of his poetical archenemy. Fresh, action-packed and very, very funny, The Gentleman is a giddy farce that recalls the masterful confections of P.G. Wodehouse and Hergé's beautifully detailed Tintin adventures.
  • The Gentleman: A Novel

    Forrest Leo

    Hardcover (Penguin Press, Aug. 16, 2016)
    A funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her.When Lionel Savage, a popular poet in Victorian London, learns from his butler that they're broke, he marries the beautiful Vivien Lancaster for her money, only to find that his muse has abandoned him. Distraught and contemplating suicide, Savage accidentally conjures the Devil -- the polite "Gentleman" of the title -- who appears at one of the society parties Savage abhors. The two hit it off: the Devil talks about his home, where he employs Dante as a gardener; Savage lends him a volume of Tennyson. But when the party's over and Vivien has disappeared, the poet concludes in horror that he must have inadvertently sold his wife to the dark lord. Newly in love with Vivien, Savage plans a rescue mission to Hell that includes Simmons, the butler; Tompkins, the bookseller; Ashley Lancaster, swashbuckling Buddhist; Will Kensington, inventor of a flying machine; and Savage's spirited kid sister, Lizzie, freshly booted from boarding school for a "dalliance." Throughout, his cousin's quibbling footnotes to the text push the story into comedy nirvana.Lionel and his friends encounter trapdoors, duels, anarchist-fearing bobbies, the social pressure of not knowing enough about art history, and the poisonous wit of his poetical archenemy. Fresh, action-packed and very, very funny, The Gentleman is a giddy farce that recalls the masterful confections of P.G. Wodehouse and Hergé's beautifully detailed Tintin adventures.
  • Paint Clouds

    Londa Forrest

    eBook
    A color mixing book for young children.
  • You Can Never Mess Up in Art

    Londa Forrest

    language (, Oct. 7, 2014)
    Encourages children that it is okay to be themselves, and that they can never "mess up" in Art.
  • How to Draw Animals Simply Wild Collection Books 1-5

    Londa Forrest

    language (, March 14, 2015)
    Wildly Simple "How To Draw Animals Books 1-5,” the first of the Wildly Simple How to Draw Animal Series Collection!Books Included: How to Draw DogsHow to Draw CatsHow to Draw BearsHow to Draw Safari AnimalsHow to Draw Farm AnimalsThis how to draw book contains over 40 pages that will teach you how to draw step by step with colorful pages full of fun!The Wildly Simple Series is an encouraging twist on the traditional drawing book. Great for parents to spend drawing with their kids and lots of fun! Each step-by-step animal also includes a page that encourages individual creativity by asking the artist to create their own background for their animal!Enjoy this wildly simple fun drawing book!
  • LadyBug Dots

    Londa Forrest

    language (, Nov. 23, 2014)
    The Secret of the Ladybug Dots….A story for young artists. Follow the Bears as they get in sticky situations and learn how to use their glue bottles…not a lot, just a Ladybug Dot! I have taught many young artists to use tiny Ladybug Dots with their glue bottle to create their art. They never forget how to make their art a masterpiece after hearing the Secret of the Ladybug Dots.
  • The Gentleman: A Novel by Forrest Leo

    Forrest Leo

    Hardcover (Penguin Press, March 15, 1846)
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  • The Ant King's Adventure

    C.L. Forrest

    Perfect Paperback (Tate Publishing, Feb. 28, 2012)
    There was rumor of a trickster, an unlikely one at that.
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