19%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Uncle Dynamite
P. G. Wodehouse
€ 11.99
€ 9.67
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Uncle Dynamite
Paperback. Features Frederick Altamount Cornwallis, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate all around him (in the course, it must be said, of a plot that involves blackmail, impersonation, knock-out drops, stealing, arrests and jewel-smuggling). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232. First edition, no date stated. Fine in good orange cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Cover torn and sunned to spine, and faded and with bumps to edges. Internally with light spotting otherwise text is clean and crisp and remains a fine copy
The uncle in question is Frederick Altamount Cornwallis, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate all around him (in the course, it must be said, of a plot that involves blackmail, impersonation, knock-out drops, stealing, arrests and potential jewel-smuggling). This is Wodehouse at his very best, with sundered lovers, explorers, broke publishers and irascible aristocrats all eventually yielding to the magic, ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous touch of Uncle Fred. It is, as Richard Usborne writes, 'a brilliantly sustained rattle of word-perfect ... Read more
The uncle in question is Frederick Altamount Cornwallis, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate all around him (in the course, it must be said, of a plot that involves blackmail, impersonation, knock-out drops, stealing, arrests and potential jewel-smuggling). This is Wodehouse at his very best, with sundered lovers, explorers, broke publishers and irascible aristocrats all eventually yielding to the magic, ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous touch of Uncle Fred. It is, as Richard Usborne writes, 'a brilliantly sustained rattle of word-perfect ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099514084
SKU
KSG0017429
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About P. G. Wodehouse
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as `Plum') wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language. Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to ... Read more
Reviews for Uncle Dynamite
The gold standard of English wit ... There is not, and never will be, anything to touch him Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him John Humphrys
John Humphrys Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one ... Read more
Christopher Hitchens It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him John Humphrys
John Humphrys Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one ... Read more