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An Uncle Fred novelnnFrederick, 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. nnUnfortunately things don`t end there.nnThe sprightly earl finds that his action has inspired a scandalous bestseller and a film script “ but this is as nothing compared with the entangled fates of the couples that surround him and which only his fabled sweetness and light can unravel.
About the Author
The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals. As well as his novels and short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies, and at one stage had five shows running simultaneously on Broadway. At the age of 93, in the New Year`s Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue Knighthood, only to die on St Valentine`s Day some 45 days later. ISBN 9780099514077
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Pages : 256
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