Cocktail Time by P.G. Wodehouse - ISBN: 9780099514077
Paperback
Scandal, catapults, and couples: Uncle Fred saves the day with charm!

Cocktail Time

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2008

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Summary

‘You don’t analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.’ - Stephen Fry

An Uncle Fred novel

Frederick, 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 – but unfortunately things don’t end there.

The sprightly earl finds that his action has inspired a scandalous…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099514077
ISBN-10:0099514079
Author:P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 October 2008
Weight:186g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

For as long as I’m immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it’s possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day

It’s dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I’ll risk it with him – John Humphrys
For as long as I’m immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it’s possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day – Marian Keyes
Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already – Lynne Truss
The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes! – Kate Mosse
Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists – Susan Hill
P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection – Julian Fellowes
A genius … Elusive, delicate but lasting – Alan Ayckbourn
P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit – Christopher Hitchens
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language – Ben Schott
Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny – Adele Parks

About The Author

P.G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’.

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