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by: P. G. Wodehouse
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780352301970
Format: Import
ISBN: 035230197X
Label: Star / W.H. Allen
Manufacturer: Star / W.H. Allen
Number Of Pages: 222
Publication Date: 1978
Publisher: Star / W.H. Allen
Studio: Star / W.H. Allen
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Rating:  - A Brazil Nut, an Earl, a Barrister, and Chaos Theory
When chaos theory is mentioned in the popular press, it is close to inevitable that the example given starts with the flapping of a butterfly's wings in the Amazon basin. In this case, the chaos ensues when Uncle Fred, the fifth Earl of Ickenham, borrows a catapult (which would be called a slingshot here in the US) from the young cousin of a member of the Drones Club, at which Uncle Fred is lunching on a visit to London.
Since this is a P.G. Wodehouse novel, the chaos yields more than ... Read More
Rating: - Uncle Fred All the Time
The Fifth Earl of Ickenham, Uncle Fred to his nebulous nephew, is my favorite Wodehouse whack-o whenever he is gracing a page that I am reading. He is a walking, talking plot twist whose penchant for wrinkling that which he means to iron out and convoluting that which he propses to set straight are riotous illustrations of a true character driving the plot and driving it insane.
Nothing is more intriguing, indeed disorienting, in Ickenham situations than the interplay of brute chance with ... Read More
Rating: - 24/7 Cocktail Time to Avert the Third World War
Wodehouse has created another set of hilarious, self-absorbed, but well-meaning, and typically British characters here. Who needs Jeeves and never mind those stupid pro-Nazi Wodehouse ramblings, this is the real thing. Every page has some serious laugh out loud stuff to it.
First Lord Ickenham initiates some serious soul-searching and literary output from a former class-mate, Beefy Bastable, by slyly knocking his hat off his head as he looks for a taxi. Then to make it even more fun, he encourages ... Read More
Rating: - The Real Story behind the Story
Do you enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process? If so, Cocktail Time will soon become one of your favorite comic novels.
The book's premise is deliciously contrary -- if a friend says that you cannot write a novel, some people will feel bound to prove the friend wrong. The backdrop for that decision is uproariously bizarre. The friend, the fifth Earl of Ickenham, has been feeling his oats a bit too much at the Drones Club and decides to borrow a slingshot (catapult in the UK) to ... Read More
Rating:  - Have a cocktail
P.G. Wodehouse made a legendary name for himself by writing dozens of humorous novels. In "Cocktail Time," Wodehouse turns his considerable wit toward politicians, scandalous novels, and of course, the carefree twentysomethings of the British upper-class.
Lord Ickenham (also known as Uncle Fred) gets a little "loopy" when he comes to the city. So when he's at his nephew's favorite hangout, the Drones Club, he fires a brazil nut across the street at a stuffy relative of his, Beefy Bastable. Bastable ... Read More
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