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Jilly Cooper

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chocolateandcoffee · 03/05/2012 20:43

Should have name changed for this but I'm to lazy, oh the shame Grin

After seeing Mrscampbellblacks nick name on the s&b threads. It reminded me how much I enjoyed her books. Can anyone remember what sequence they follow before I pounce on the second hand book shops.

Was it polo, riders, jump.

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fussbucket · 04/05/2012 20:11

Is Jump the one with the rather dotty woman who keeps falling for Animal Rights crap? Gave up in sheer boredom after about 50 pages, so disappointed.

Get0rfMoiLand · 04/05/2012 20:10

Class was my BIBLE when I was ateenager.

I love it.

I reckon in perfect seriousness that her books will die a death for 100 years and then will be resurrected and celebrated as classics a la Jane Austen. They are really brilliant social comedies.

I want to know what happened to all the minor character;

Lizzie Vereker
Luke Alderton
Fenella Ferranti

This is very sad but I remember when I moved to Cheltenham and went shopping in Cavendish House at christmas, I went to the loo in there and though 'this is where Diasy Macleod came to dry her eyes after she found she had no money, and where she met Drew'

I have never met a RCB type in 5 years of living in Gloucestershire. Ffs.

fussbucket · 04/05/2012 20:10

Surely Rupert Campbell Black is based on Andrew Parker-Bowles? I saw an interview with Jilly once where she said that R C-B was about 50% him and bits of three other men she refused to name

ReactionaryFish · 04/05/2012 20:09

Cumberbatch? Are you out of your freakin mind?

Saying Dominic makes me think of Dominc West . Bloody good actor, could pull off the character, not quite handsome enough tho.

foxeeroxee · 04/05/2012 20:08

Oh i love jilly!!
Was introduced to them by my wonderful mil who said 'i bet you like a mucky book!' Wink
My favourites are Riders and The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous. I wanted to call ds1 Lysander or Rupert but oh vetoed them. Angry
Have to agree that Jump was utter shite though.

mycatsaysach · 04/05/2012 20:08

sorry meant benedict - we always call him dominic here as my mum calls him that ooops

CalamityKate · 04/05/2012 20:07

I love Jilly!

I wish they'd make a miniseries of Rivals - it's my favourite. I always imagined Taggie as Catherine Zeta Jones (Darling Buds of May era).

Nobody is goodlooking enough to play RCB.

mycatsaysach · 04/05/2012 20:06

huge jilly fan here

i reckon dominic cbatch could be rupe

ReactionaryFish · 04/05/2012 20:05

TV versions never work because they can never get R C-B right because the man who could fit the mould of R C-B SIMPLY DOESN'T EXIST.
I know, I've looked

hermionestranger · 04/05/2012 20:03

I think Riders is due for a remake on the telly!

Let's plan a cast list!

ReactionaryFish · 04/05/2012 20:02

Can we have a Jilly webchat?

BerryLellow · 04/05/2012 20:01

Rivals is my absolute favourite. Wicked and Jump v v disappointing.

I re watched the TV series of Riders on sky not so long ago, and it was terrible - at the time I thought it was unbearably racy and exciting, but then I was a child :o

hermionestranger · 04/05/2012 20:00

I love class! Brilliant study of the English.
I also muchly adore The Common Years.

Hurrah for Jilly!

ReactionaryFish · 04/05/2012 19:59

Have you read Class? non-fiction, study of the English class system, dead funny and spot on. Not since Nancy Mitford has anyone skewered social attitudes so mercilessly. She is a very smart woman.

Get0rfMoiLand · 04/05/2012 19:56

I love them. The early ones anyway.

She has a great talent of starting off with ghastly characters (Rupert, Perdita, Abbie) and making you really root for them at the end.

My favourites are Riders, Rivals, Polo, Appassionata and Pandora.

dearprudence · 04/05/2012 19:56

The later books have definitely gone off the boil a bit. Wicked was dire!

I still like the old romances - Harriet, Prudence, Bella and the rest, but Riders & Rivals best of all.

IShallWearMidnight · 04/05/2012 19:54

Tried ot read Jump the other week, but gave up as they style was far too irritating (the 14 yo explaining who everyone was to the new arrival - " thats' so and so, we call him Awful Pun because he's so whatever"). I was very disappointed Sad.

GiantPuffball · 04/05/2012 19:53

Wicked is awful. The others are good.

letseatgrandma · 04/05/2012 19:48

I loved all of them except the last one-about the irritating Etta. It was so forgettable, I have forgotten the title! I only kept going to see if Rupert got any more mentions ;)

KenDoddsDadsDog · 04/05/2012 19:35

There are loads of Jilly names on here from a thread when Jump came out. Sarah Stratton and Dame Hermione ....

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chocolateandcoffee · 04/05/2012 19:34

Grin I got riders and rivals for a pound.

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theonewiththenoisychild · 04/05/2012 17:27

Got 10 books in a charity shop today 4 of them jilly cooper books so will be reading them soon. Havent read a jilly cooper book before

PetiteRaleuse · 04/05/2012 14:51

Wicked was the first once I read actually - I must have enjoyed it enough to buy all the others. It was pretty outrageous, and compeltely unbelievable, but fun to read.

I admit though the others are far better. That said, I wasn't overly impressed with Jump but was recovering from surgery at the time and pretty bad tempered in general :)

FayKnights · 04/05/2012 14:29

Love, love, love a bit of JC. Although picked up 'Wicked' in a charity shop the other day and wished I hadn't, it was absolutely dire and event the appearance of RCB and Taggie couldn't redeem it. Has anyone else read it? My favourite is Rivals, brooding Declan nearly usurped RCB in the gorgeous stakes!

SuePurblybilt · 04/05/2012 14:24

I like Rivals best too. It has the best balance of soppy romance and splutteringly unlikely scenarios.