LOUIE'S LOT

by E. W. Hildick ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1968

Louie is the head delivery man of the New Day Dairy Company and his Lot is what they call his boys, the boys who work for him, and who form a kind of elite fraternity based on the rigors of Louie's training and the imponderables of measuring up to his standards. This is the testing of Tim Shaw, as aspirant and apprentice, and as told--in a knockabout combination of confidences, questions and answers, tabulated alternatives and deadpan dialogue--it's fast, exhilarating and inside-out funny. Also adjusted, by an ingenious introduction, to American expectations. But you don't have to be British to tremble with Tim when Louie addresses the assembled candidates with the air of a top sergeant and explains the importance of the Five Tests: the Sorting of the Empties, the Reading of the (illegible) Notes, the Delivery Race (plus extracting the note in the bottom of the bottle), the Collecting of the Money and the Giving of the Change, and--worst of all--the Savage Dog. Tim amasses the most points, gets a chance to try out on the truck, but his troubles aren't over. . . . Unpredictable from start to finish, from style to Louie's Secret Weapon--the only thing that's sure is the readership and the wide age appeal.

Pub Date: April 1, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: David White

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1968

Categories: FICTION