Summer Moonshine

So when it seems a rich (if not very nice) continental princess might buy it he's overjoyed - particularly as he's being rooked by the publisher of his sporting memoirs. Another delightful novel form the master of the Engllish comedy Wodehoues deftly unties all the knots he had so cleverly tied around his characters in the first place.|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'.|Poor Sir Buckstone Abbott Bart! Not only does he own in Walsingford Hall one of the least attractive stately homes in the country but he has to take in paying guests to keep it upright. So when it seems a rich (if not very nice) continental princess might buy it he's overjoyed - particularly as he's being rooked by the publisher of his sporting memoirs. His daughter Jane comes up trumps in the company of the playwright Joe - but not before engagements are broken and fortunes lost and made. Another delightful novel form the master of the Engllish comedy Wodehoues deftly unties all the knots he had so cleverly tied around his characters in the first place.