P.G. Wodehouse and Martin Jarvis are a winning audio duo demonstrating humorous fiction at its very best, and this is the original 'upstairs, downstairs' novel.
P.G. Wodehouse and Martin Jarvis are a winning audio duo demonstrating humorous fiction at its very best, and this is the original 'upstairs, downstairs' novel.
When a valuable scarab belonging to an American millionaire is absent-mindedly stolen by Lord Emsworth, young writers Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine are tasked with infiltrating Blandings Castle to retrieve it. Meanwhile, vacuous Freddie Threepwood worries that some compromising letters may scupper his engagement to the millionaire's daughter. Wodehouse's comic masterpiece combines above and below stairs pretensions with all the fun of a romantic thriller.
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P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English novelist and humorist, renowned for his Jeeves and Wooster and Blandings series.
When a valuable scarab belonging to an American millionaire is absent-mindedly stolen by Lord Emsworth, young writers Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine are tasked with infiltrating Blandings Castle to retrieve it. Meanwhile, vacuous Freddie Threepwood worries that some compromising letters may scupper his engagement to the millionaire's daughter. Wodehouse's comic masterpiece combines above and below stairs pretensions with all the fun of a romantic thriller.
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