Nigel Molesworth the curse of St. Custard's school is known to his huge army of fans through
Geoffrey Willans' four books Down with Skool! How to be Topp Whizz for Atomms and Back in the
Jug Agane first published between 1953 and 1958 and illustrated by Ronald Searle. Much less
famous are the Molesworth diaries that appeared in the magazine Punch between August 1939 and
December 1942. This volume is an opportunity to discover a slightly different Molesworth - less
philosophical than the boy portrayed in the books but equally as sardonic knowing and
cynical. The diaries are an introduction to the world and mind of Molesworth and as such are
essential reading for Molesworth fans - all of whom are of course conoisuers of prose and
luvers of literature?.
