Books with title The Hippopotamus

Ever dared to be different? Hippopotamus Gus is not happy with being a normally gray hippo. He wants to be colorful and sweet smelling like the flowers he adores. Gus is faced with friends who call him names when he starts his courageous plan, but he doesn't give up. Join Gus as he takes one brave step after another in attempt to become the most beautiful hippo ever seen.

Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted. With this funny and deliciously readable novel, Stephen Fry takes his place as one of the most talented comic novelists of his generation.