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Book Synopsis''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
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''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...
Trade ReviewA comic masterpiece -- BBC
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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 *
