National Network for Equitable Library Service

The Specialist is one of the world's favourite humour classics. Generations of readers have enjoyed its gentle wisdom about the building of privies and applauded Lem Putt's devotion to making a privy a thing of beauty. Lem Putt is a specialist, and this book is the philosophy of a man who loves his trade and has considered every aspect of it, from how to prevent people taking their time when they commune with nature to solving the problem of female modesty in an ingenious way.