Uncle Dynamite - Brossura

Wodehouse, P.G.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099514087 ISBN 13: 9780099514084

Casa editrice: Arrow, 2008

Riassunto

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 dialogue and narrative topping a very complicated and well-controlled plot'.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"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 of our finest stylists" (Susan Hill)

Descrizione del libro:

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Arrow
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0099514087
• ISBN 13: 9780099514084
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320