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"When imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country house near London, it affects the lives of everyone around her-- her sister, her brother-in-law, her sister's butler, her sister's poor relation, Sally, Sally's fiancé L...

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Main Author: Wodehouse, P. G. 1881-1975.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 2004
Series: Collector's Wodehouse
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Summary: "When imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country house near London, it affects the lives of everyone around her-- her sister, her brother-in-law, her sister's butler, her sister's poor relation, Sally, Sally's fiancé Lord Holbeton, and, most of all, Mrs. Chavender's own one-time fiancé, 'Ham King' J.B. Duff, whose rotten product spoils her breakfast"--P. [4] of cover.
Item Description: "First published by Herbert Jenkins, 1940"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description: 227 p. 20 cm.
ISBN: 1585675237
9781585675234
Author Notes: P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) grew up in England and came to the United States just before World War I, when he married an American. He wrote more than ninety books, and his works, translated into many languages, won him worldwide acclaim.