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Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
P.g. Wodehouse
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Description for Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
Hardcover. This Wodehousean comedy features Mike Bond, the owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble and wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. Horace is, in fact, not a butler but an American gangster.. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (1968) features Mike Bond, the hitherto fortunate owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble so serious that he wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately for him, Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. For Horace is, in fact, not a butler at all but the best sort of American gangster, prudently concealing himself in an English country house while hiding from his rivals. Looking for peace and safety, Horace is to discover before long that the hot-spots of New York ... Read more
Do Butlers Burgle Banks? (1968) features Mike Bond, the hitherto fortunate owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble so serious that he wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately for him, Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. For Horace is, in fact, not a butler at all but the best sort of American gangster, prudently concealing himself in an English country house while hiding from his rivals. Looking for peace and safety, Horace is to discover before long that the hot-spots of New York ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Series
Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841591438
SKU
V9781841591438
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About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
"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 "Pure word music"
DOUGLAS ADAMS "The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration ... Read more
EVELYN WAUGH "He exhausts superlatives"
STEPHEN FRY "Pure word music"
DOUGLAS ADAMS "The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration ... Read more