Uncle Dynamite

G., Wodehouse, P.

£9.99

Frederick Altamount Cornwallis, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, is an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate all around him (in the course of a plot that involves blackmail, impersonation, knock-out drops, stealing, arrests and potential jewel-smuggling).

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Publish Date: 02/05/2024
ISBN: 9781529157116 Category: Tag:

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‘A colourful universe of aristocratic buffoonery and public school nonsense’ Greg James, host of BBC Radio 1 Breakfast

Poor Pongo Twistleton only has to endure his energetic seventy-year-old Uncle Fred for lunch, once a year, but when he descends from Ickenham (he’s the fifth Earl, don’t you know) he has a plan that will make Pongo’s hair stand on end and re-introduce him to his long-lost fiancée Sally Painter.

But Pongo is busy impressing his future father-in-law Sir Aylmer Bostock (Pongo’s engaged to Hermione Bostock, don’t you know) when Uncle Fred asks him to smash a priceless bust and replace it with one of Sally’s in a scheme he is doomed to fail at. Enter Major Brabazon-Plan, an incognito Uncle Fred and enter Pongo’s worst nightmare. Will Uncle Fred have his way? Will Pongo end up with the right wife and is a pot of raspberry jam ever truly safe from pink-suited invaders?

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Weight 230 g
Dimensions 197 × 130 × 19 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K