Book description
A P. G. Wodehouse novel
Most of the big money belongs to Torquil Paterson Frisby, the
dyspeptic American millionaire - but that doesn't stop him wanting
more out of it. His niece, the beautiful Ann Moon, is engaged to
'Biscuit', Lord Biskerton, who doesn't have very much of the stuff and
so he has to escape to Valley Fields to hide from his creditors.
Meanwhile, his old schoolfriend Berry Conway, who is working for
Frisby, himself falls for Ann - just as Biscuit falls for her friend
Kitchie Valentine. In this typically hilarious novel by the master of
light comedy, life can sometimes become a little complicated.
Oh, and Berry has been left a lot of shares in the Dream Come True
copper mine. Of course they're worthless... aren't they?
The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves,
Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P. G.
Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two
years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer,
contributing to a variety of periodicals. As well as his novels and
short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies, and at one stage
had five shows running simultaneously on Broadway. At the age of 93, in
the New Year's Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue
Knighthood, only to die on St Valentine's Day some 45 days later.
