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Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, is not the man to run away from other people’s romantic problems, not even when faced with the tangled relationships of his godson, Johnny, Johnny’s girlfriend, Belinda, butler Albert Peasemarch and Peasemarch’s beloved, Phoebe, who happens to be the sister of his employer, bad-tempered Sir Raymond ‘Beefy’ Bastable. Sir Raymond is himself in pursuit of Barbara Crowe. Everything turns on the fate of the script for a film called Cocktail-Time by Bastable’s nephew, Cosmo Wisdom – but just to stir the mixture a little further, Wodehouse throws in American con-artist Oily Carlisle. Now read on...
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A handsome, collectable hardback edition -- Lynne Truss, The Times
He exhausts superlatives -- Stephen Fry
Pure word music -- Douglas Adams
The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration of the divine Plum -- The Independent
The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare -- Evening Standard
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A classic novel about Uncle Fred, the Earl of Ickenham by P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback reprint, slight browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Fair dustwrapper ; wrapper torn on front panel with some loss and some creasing. ISBN: 025765710X. Seller Inventory # 27303
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London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979
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