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“More Mapp and Lucia - what bliss! Major Benjy on the rampage - what joy!”
Gyles Brandreth

"As you read Guy Fraser-Sampson's sinuous narrative and needle-sharp dialogue, Tilling suddenly takes shape all around you … Benson himself would have loved this book, and so will you"
Tom Holt

"Fraser-Sampson’s undoubted strengths, as they were strengths of the original series, are in mastery of character, in skill at describing a comically embarrassing social situation, and in the control of timing. A number of the plot lines in Major Benjy could have come straight out of the original Mapp and Lucia series."
-The Reader Online

“Each part of this book is superbly crafted: the shifting point of view, the characterisation, location, prose style, dialogue and the story-line itself... a work of such richness and variety that we cannot fail to feel elevated to rare heights of pleasure on reading it.”
- Finally Magazine

"This book is wonderful! I finished it by reading way into the night. I couldn't put it down. Benson might have written it himself. More please."
Mapp and Lucia fan

"Thank you Guy for this labour of love. You should be dubbed Sir Guy on the spot for outstanding service to all Mapp and Lucia lovers."
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"Splendid"
- English Bridge magazine

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