Especially for fanciers of British imports but there's happy talk for a transatlantic audience too. John Hadfield Love on a Branch Line Hardcover 14 July 1988 by John Hadfield (Author) 26 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 4.22 10 Used from 4.02 Paperback 3.08 13 Used from 0.31 Audio, cassette 14.99 1 Used from 14. A fete, the trains, cricket, and the comedy of a proper, stuffy - and unhappy-conformist experiencing uninhibited and off- bounds enjoyments, is a larky and moonbeam relaxation. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good US 4.31 Convert currency US 3.99 Shipping Within U.S.A. Arcady- and its greenswards, its moats and castles, its family feuds and alliances, and the uncluttered, open, freedom of sex, drink, talk and action - is just that for Jasper who learns to take embarrassing moments with a leap and whose decision - when the project is closed down - is to depart from this small stay in paradise with a less flamboyant female than those he has sampled. Love on a Branch Line is a British television adaptation of the 1959 novel Love on a Branch Line by John Hadfield. Love on a branch line Hadfield, John Published by Black Swan, 1989 ISBN 10: 0552993689 ISBN 13: 9780552993685 Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, U.S.A. There the private railway, the crippled peer and his gardening wife, and his out-down-and-forth-right daughters quite devastate Jasper while the life of the Ministry's staff entrances him. A fanciful bit centers around Jasper Pye, deep in Civil Servitude, ready to bolt when a chance for a new assignment -investigating ''Output Statistics'' which has been forgotten since 1940, takes him to the Earl of Flamborough's estate.