Published by Arrow, part of Cornerstone Publishing
Format: Paperback
£7.99
Author:
P G Wodehouse
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099513858
£7.99
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EAN: 9780099513858
Published: 1 May 2008
A Blandings novel
When the moon is full at Blandings, strange things happen: among them the commissioning of a portrait of The Empress, twice in succession winner in the Fat Pigs Class at the Shropshire Agricultural Show. What better choice of artist, in Lord Emsworth's opinion, than Landseer. The renowned painter of The Stag at Bay may have been dead for decades, but that doesn't prevent Galahad Threepwood from introducing him to the castle - or rather introducing Bill Lister, Gally's godson, so desperately in love with Prudence that he's determined to enter Blandings in yet another imposture. Add a gaggle of fearsome aunts, uncles and millionaires, mix in Freddie Threepwood, Beach the Butler and the gardener McAllister, and the moon is full indeed.
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It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him
- John Humphrys
For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day
- Marian Keyes
Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already
- Lynne Truss
The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!
- Kate Mosse
A genius ... Elusive, delicate but lasting
- Alan Ayckbourn
P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit
- Christopher Hitchens
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language
- Ben Schott
Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny
- Adele Parks
I've recorded all the Jeeves books, and I can tell you this: it's like singing Mozart. The perfection of the phrasing is a physical pleasure. I doubt if any writer in the English language has more perfect music
- Simon Callow
Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!
- Lindsey Davis
The funniest writer ever to put words to paper
- Hugh Laurie
P.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
- Sebastian Faulks
The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals. As well as his novels and short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies, and at one stage had five shows running simultaneously on Broadway. At the age of 93, in the New Year's Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue Knighthood, only to die on St Valentine's Day some 45 days later.
