The Henry Root Letters

The Complete Henry Root Letters brings together for the first time within a single volume the two classic books, The Henry Root Letters and The Further Letters of Henry Root. "Henry Root is an eccentric, retired wet fish merchant who writes to all the most eminent people in Britain, sometimes enclosing �1 or even �5 to ensure an answer, always in a friendly, enthusiastic manner, expounding his lunatic right wing opinions and enlisting their support for various dubious proposals. He represents himself as being a man of considerable wealth, although never very convincingly, a Michael Grade, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and anyone else who has been so unwise as to answer one of his letters. The book consists of these letters and the replies he received. As I say, it is one of the funniest books I have ever read, and gives a truer picture of contemporary Britain -- especially official Britain -- than a thousand novels could."--Auberon Waugh.