Something Fresh: (Blandings Castle)

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A brand new look for Wodehouse in Penguin, alongside the 120th anniversary publication of his very first novel, The Pothunters 'Without at least one impostor on the premises, Blandings Castle is never itself' Welcome to the world of the delightfully dotty Lord Emsworth, his bone-headed younger son and his long-suffering secretary. Having returned home with a valuable Egyptian amulet, Lord Emsworth finds his home contains not one but two imposters intent on taking it off his hands. But with no real sense of how the amulet came to be in his pocket in the first place, things get a lot more complicated very quickly...

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'.

A comic masterpiece -- BBC Something Fresh has all the trademarks of a Wodehouse classic * The Times * P.G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper, more effective than Valium and far, far more addictive -- Olivia Williams 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 so much wit and affection -- Julian Fellowes I've longed to visit the beautifully tended gardens of Blandings Castle with P. G. Wodehouse. -- The Guardian * Books to read to cheer us up *