Set in the 1950s, this is a humorous, tongue in cheek account of the bizarre goings-on of the inhabitants of the sleepy village of Nutcombe where the blacksmith confronts the Law and wins every time; where the villagers fear that their water supply is being diluted; and where the undertaker encounters a case of rigor mortis erectus, and many more examples of the absurd.
Set in the 1950s, this is a humorous, tongue in cheek account of the bizarre goings-on of the inhabitants of the sleepy village of Nutcombe where the blacksmith confronts the Law and wins every time; where the villagers fear that their water supply is being diluted; and where the undertaker encounters a case of rigor mortis erectus, and many more examples of the absurd.