Cocktail Time
Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult and ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable. Unfortunately, things don't end there.
Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult and ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable. Unfortunately, things don't end there.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099514077 (0099514079)
Publish date: August 7th 2008
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Series: Uncle Fred (#3)
bookshelves: summer-2015, published-1958, tbr-busting-2015, amusing, books-about-books-and-book-shops Read from April 06, 2014 to July 13, 2015 Description: A Brazil nut playfully flung through the window of the Drones Club catapults Uncle Fred into action in P. G. Wodehouse's jab at the publis...
It all started when Uncle Fred pegged Beefy Bastable with a Brazil nut. Beefy, a prominent barrister with political aspirations, writes a scathing novel about the youth of today after Uncle Fred tells him he can't. Once completed, Beefy realizes that a man in his position can't be responsible for ...
Highly enjoyable read. The fast pace with which the novel is written, the lively characters and their choices and actions will keep you reading until you are tired laughing. Wodehouse has really hit the spot again with this Uncle Fred novel. And if you hadn’t had enough of this lovable crea...
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