Uncle Dynamite

<p>The uncle in question is Frederick Altamount Cornwallis Fifth Earl of Ickenham better known as Uncle Fred an old boy of such a sunny and youthful nature that explosions of sweetness and light detonate all around him (in the course it must be said of a plot that involves blackmail impersonation knock-out drops stealing arrests and potential jewel-smuggling).<br><br>This is Wodehouse at his very best with sundered lovers explorers broke publishers and irascible aristocrats all eventually yielding to the magic ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous touch of Uncle Fred. It is as Richard Usborne writes 'a brilliantly sustained rattle of word-perfect dialogue and narrative topping a very complicated and well-controlled plot'.</p>