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Uncle Dynamite
  • Published: 15 September 2006
  • ISBN: 9781841591476
  • Imprint: Everyman
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $45.00
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Uncle Dynamite

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Paperback
13 Aug 2024
EBook
1 Sept 2010
Hardback
15 Sept 2006
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·"Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in." EVELYN WAUGH

Although the story of Uncle Dynamite concerns Bill Oakshott's struggle to find ways of getting his girl while financing his inheritance at Ashenden Manor, the real hero of the book is Frederick Altamont Cornwallis, fifth Earl of Ickenham. This noble lord describes himself as 'one of the hottest earls that ever donned a coronet' and he was also one of his creator's favourite characters, featuring in three other novels. Lord Ickenham sees it as his mission to bring a little joy into the lives of others, and on this occasion he surpasses himself.
  • Published: 15 September 2006
  • ISBN: 9781841591476
  • Imprint: Everyman
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

About the author

P.G. Wodehouse

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'.

P.G

Also by P.G. Wodehouse

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The Pothunters
Fine Weather, Jeeves
Sunset At Blandings
Carry On, Jeeves
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Praise for Uncle Dynamite

Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.

Evelyn Waugh

He exhausts superlatives

Stephen Fry

The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration of the divine Plum

The Independent

The handsome bindings are only the cherry on top of what is already a cake without compare

Evening Standard

A handsome, collectable hardback edition

Lynne Truss, THE TIMES