10 lb Penalty
Putnam, 1997
The original page carried a reader's review by John Halliday.
Characters
- Benedict Juliard
- "Ben," amateur jockey at 17, asked to give it up to campaign with his father & then go to school.
- George Juliard
- Ben's father, standing for Parliament (running for office).
- Dearest Polly
- helps George Juliard in his campaign, a member of the selection committee.
- Dennis Nagle
- previous member of Parliament who died.
- Orinda Nagle
- Dennis Nagel's widow, thought she deserved his position.
- A.L. Wyvern
- Orinda's companion, nicknamed "Anonymous Lover" by Ben.
- Usher Rudd
- mud slinging reporter who always finds a story, even if there isn't one to find.
- Paul Bethune
- "fat slob with zero sex appeal" running against George Juliard.
- Isobel Bethune
- Paul Bethune's emotional wife.
- Mervyn Teck
- George Juliard's agent who runs the campaign
- Leonard Kitchens
- one of the selectors who voted for Orinda.
- Mrs. Leonard Kitchens
- doesn't like her husband's interest in Orinda.
- Faith, Marge, and Lavender
- three volunteer "witches" who help with George Juliard's campaign.
- Crystal Harley
- Mervyn Teck's secretary.
- Basil Rudd
- Usher Rudd's cousin, manager of a car repair garage.
- Terry
- mechanic who worked on Juliard's Range Rover, "big, bald, belly."
- Foster Fordham
- George Juliard's friend, expert in race car sabotage.
- Sir Vivian Durridge
- trainer who fires Ben on imaginary drug charges.
- Amy
- runs the charity shop next door to campaign headquarters.
- Sarah's Future
- horse that Ben's dad buys for him as a birthday present.
The group read it
We discussed 10 LB.
This page was first written for the reading group's original site in the late 1990s and was lost when AOL Hometown closed. It has been recovered from the Internet Archive.