Cover Image

Uncle Fred in the springtime

"'I don't know if you happen to know what the word "excesses" means, but these are what Pongo's Uncle Fred, when in London, invariably commits.' When the dastardly Duke of Dunstable plots to steal Lord Emsworth's pig, Empress of Blandings, the wily Uncle Fred-...

Full description

Main Author: Wodehouse, P. G. 1881-1975.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2004
Series: Collector's Wodehouse
Subjects:
Blandings Castle (England : Imaginary place) > Fiction.
Nobility > Fiction.
Shropshire (England) > Fiction.
Humorous fiction > England.
Summary: "'I don't know if you happen to know what the word "excesses" means, but these are what Pongo's Uncle Fred, when in London, invariably commits.' When the dastardly Duke of Dunstable plots to steal Lord Emsworth's pig, Empress of Blandings, the wily Uncle Fred--aka the Earl of Ickenham--is called in to thwart him. To that end, the Earl arrives at Blandings Castle under false pretences, posing as pompous 'loony-doctor' Sir Roderick Glossop, accompanied by two other imposters, one of them the unfortunate Pongo; a bookie turned private detective; an angry sixteen-stone poet; a suspicious dancing secretary, and Lord Emsworth's pink-faced heir who will keep pointing his gun in the wrong direction. In other words: business as usual..."--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description: 275 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 158567527X (acid-free paper)
9781585675272 (acid-free paper)
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.

Similar Items