Description
When Galahad Threepwood’s carefully managed life at Blandings Castle is thrown into chaos, the trouble begins with a set of “threatened, reveal all” memoirs—promises of scandal that could upend reputations and routines alike. As the castle’s residents scramble to contain the fallout, schemes multiply, loyalties wobble, and a succession of comic misunderstandings turns every attempt at control into fresh disaster. Following directly on from *Summer Lightning*, this installment keeps the familiar cast in play while sharpening Wodehouse’s gift for farcical timing, social satire, and the absurd logic of high-society intrigue. With its breezy momentum and affectionate mockery of status, authorship, and meddling relatives, it’s a quintessentially Wodehousian romp through the perils of secrets and the comedy of trying to outwit them.
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paperback
Overlook Press
Published Jan 1, 2001
321 pages
ISBN: 1585672300
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First Published
1933
Language
eng
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