Old Herbaceous
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Old Herbaceous
Reginald Arkell
Literature
James Mustich
Aug 13, 2018
As the protagonist of a novel, Herbert Pinnegar is a rare breed: a gardener. Even the most green-thumbed reader of fiction would have to dig for a very long time before coming upon another example of a horticultural hero. Reginald Arkell’s 1950 tale chronicles Pinnegar’s eight decades in the employ of an English manor, from his youth as a flower-loving orphan to his old age as an estimable master of the plots. Slender in size and humorous in tone, Old Herbaceous is at root a social novel, reflecting the changes, challenges, and eccentricities of English country life from the late Victorian era to the age of the world wars.
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Windy Cutler
Nov 25, 2018
A favorite book on the shelf among my garden books.
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Blueberry
Aug 9, 2019
Nostalgic in an unsentimental way
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Rafael Marcus
May 15, 2020
The Sellout has another Gardner protagonist. Great read
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