Description
When a chaotic case lands in a New York police lockup, Tipton Plimsoll and his English companion Wilfred Allsop find themselves swept into a farcical chain of misunderstandings that quickly reaches the stately—and perpetually scandal-prone—Blandings Castle. There, Galahad’s talent for introducing “just the right” imposter to Lord Emsworth’s household collides with a romantic tangle so tangled it seems to have been choreographed for maximum comic effect. As the Empress of Blandings gets sloshed and multiple couples circle one another like magnets, every attempt at propriety only fuels the next escalation. With Wodehouse’s signature brisk wit, buoyant dialogue, and delightfully absurd plotting, this is a high-speed comedy of manners where love, identity, and dignity are all treated as wonderfully expendable.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published Sep 3, 1991
192 pages
ISBN: 9780140025705
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First Published
1965
Language
eng
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