Blandings Castle is the home of Lord Emsworth, whose IQ might be some thirty points below that of an absent-minded jellyfish. His Lordship loves nothing better than to potter among his flowers, but even in this garden of Eden there is an influx of serpents ready to poison the peace.
His formidable sister Constance is forever trying to reorganize his household. McAllister -- official of the prize pumpkin -- leaves at a critical moment, the Empress of Blandings goes off her pig-food and there is an outbreak of lawlessness not unconnected with an airgun and the trouser-seat of the abominable Baxter. And then there are the tangled love affairs of the Hon. Freddie Threepwood as well as an assortment of unhappy nieces.  Blandings is a place where anything can happen ...
These immortal Blandings short stories are brought together in one volume for the first time and are introduced by Frank Muir.