Penguin Modern Classics: The Terror Of St.Trinian's & Other Drawings

Ronald Searle, co-creator of mutinous schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, 'the goriller of 3B', takes us back to the world of the Gothic Public School in The Terror of St Trinian's. In this gloriously anarchic academy for young ladies we witness shootings, knifings, torture and witchcraft, as well as many other maidenly arts. The subject of many evergreen films, St Trinian's is synonymous with the sort of outrageous behaviour that would make a convict blench.This book also contains a selection of Ronald Searle's work from the non-school books, including The Rake's Progress, Souls in Torment and Merry England, etc. and their publication now in one volume stakes Searle's claim to be the greatest and most influential English satirist since the war.