Dimensions
141 x 223 x 32mm
"Could you tell me how to spell "sex", please?" The speaker was a flaxen-haired, angelic-faced girl of about six with wide innocent eyes and a complexion a model would die for.
So opens Gervase Phinn's new book about his years as a school inspector, set against a background of the peerless Yorkshire Gales. He finds himself here facing one of those awkward situations - when a child's innocent remark floors him.
The team of inspectors, working out of County Hall in Fettlesham, remains the same although news of an early retirement makes Gervase Phinn, Inspector for English and Drama, seriously consider applying for the senior post. However, his fiancée, Christine Bentley of Winnery Nook School, is less keen: "I want to see my husband other than at weekends," she says.
Gervase Phinn is a natural storyteller, and this third book of his reminiscences is guaranteed to give his thousands of fans immense enjoyment - and still beg for more.