Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
by:
Eric Hodgins (author)
The classic tale of leaving the city and building a house in the country, only to find country life isn't so simple. But it is hilarious. Mr. Blandings, a successful New York advertising executive, and his wife want to escape the confines of their tiny midtown apartment. They design the perfect...
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The classic tale of leaving the city and building a house in the country, only to find country life isn't so simple. But it is hilarious. Mr. Blandings, a successful New York advertising executive, and his wife want to escape the confines of their tiny midtown apartment. They design the perfect home in the idyllic country, but soon they are beset by construction troubles, temperamental workmen, skyrocketing bills, threatening lawyers, and difficult neighbors. Mr. Blandings' dream house soon threatens to be the nightmare that undoes him. This internationally bestselling book by Eric Hodgins is illustrated by William Steig and was made into a film starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy and a later film starring Tom Hanks called The Money Pit.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780897332453 (0897332458)
Publish date: August 30th 2005
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Pages no: 239
Edition language: English
There are few stories funnier than the epic quest for the dream house. Probably folks in the Bronze Age swapped info about the pitfalls of various caves. And for the USian audience, nothing beats the tale of a New Yorker confidently embarking on life in some hinterland or other like Connecticut, a...