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The Pleasures of Ignorance
by Robert LYND (1879 - 1949)The Daredevil Barber
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Listen next episodes of The Pleasures of Ignorance:
A Juror in Waiting , Going to The Derby , On Seeing a Joke , The Morals of Beans , The Three-halfpenny Bit , This Blasted World , Weeds: An Appreciation