For the 2017 film adaptation, see The Hippopotamus (film).
The Hippopotamus
First edition (UK)
Author
Stephen Fry
Language
English
Genre
Comedy, mystery
Published
1994
Publisher
Hutchinson (UK) Random House (US)
The Hippopotamus (1994) is a comic novel by Stephen Fry. Written in part as an epistolary novel, it is largely narrated by the main character Edward "Ted" Wallace. Wallace is an alcoholic washed-up poet and theatre critic who, having been fired from his newspaper job, accepts a lucrative commission from his terminally ill goddaughter to investigate rumours of miracle healings at Swafford Hall, country mansion of Wallace's old friend Lord Logan.[1]
^Traugott, Maggie (9 April 1994). "Fry's funny: The hippopotamus by Stephen Fry". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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