Book description
A P. G. Wodehouse novel
The peaceful slumber of the Worcester village of Rudge-in-the-Vale
is about to be rudely disrupted. First there's a bitter feud between
peppery Colonel Wyvern and the Squire of Rudge Hall, rich but miserly
Lester Carmody. Second, that arch-villain Chimp Twist has opened a
health farm - and he and Soapy and Dolly Molloy are planning a fake
burglary so Lester can diddle his insurance company. After the
knockout drops are served, things get a little complicated. But will
Lester's nephew John win over his true love, Colonel Wyvern's daughter
Pat, and restore tranquillity to the idyll? It's a close-run thing...
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.
