Can you identify a child's book for me?

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burlingtonbertram wrote: Blimey! That's a relief; I thought that Uncle Quentin was leading a double life.
Maybe he is, under the name of Uncle Murdock, and this publisher was the only one that blew his cover... :shock:
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John Pickup wrote:I can't find it now! :?
Let's hope you are able to pay the overdue fine!
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Got it!
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Typical man, can't see it if it's not in front of him! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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What's the betting he had to ask his wife to find it for him? :wink:
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You're right, Katharine, I did have to ask the wife where it was. She had moved it into my library upstairs and put it on the wrong shelf. So, technically, you have won your bet. :roll:
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Even though, in this case, it wasn't John's fault that the book wasn't where it should have been? :wink:
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Hi, I think this sounds like a John Buchan novel called Huntingtower. It's set in lowland Scotland and features Dickson McCunn, a retired Glasgow grocer and a group of kids called the Gorbals Diehards.

There is a Russian Princess who is imprisoned in an old manor house/castle and lots of minor characters. I liked it because of the humour and description of Scotland. - it's a good read.
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