Nigel Molesworth, the curse of St. Custard's school, is known to his
huge army of fans through Geoffrey Willans' four books Down with
Skool!, How to be Topp, Whizz for Atomms and Back in the Jug Agane,
first published between 1953 and 1958, and illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Much less famous are the Molesworth diaries that appeared in the
magazine Punch between August 1939 and December 1942.
This volume is an opportunity to discover a slightly different
Molesworth - less philosophical than the boy portrayed in the books, but
equally as sardonic, knowing and cynical. The diaries are an
introduction to the world and mind of Molesworth, and as such are
essential reading for Molesworth fans - all of whom are, of course,
"conoisuers of prose and luvers of literature".