The account of his adventures is a riot of fun from beginning to end.

In the present instance the mood came, paused and passed, leaving Frederick with the ball at his feet, eager to lend his statesmanlike mind to all mankind in distress. But happily such moments with him were of fleeting duration. And thirdly there was the matter of the reformation of Beefy Bastable, whose attitude towards his sister Phoebe, so like that of a snapping turtle suffering from ulcers, Frederick felt it his duty to correct.įrederick confessed to being preoccupied. Then there was Albert Peasemarch's tangled love-life in which the promotion of a union between this admirable butler and the sister of his employer was calling for all that Frederick had of resolution and ingenuity. So many problems had presented themselves of late, coming up one after the other.įirst there was the faltering courtship of his godson, Johnny, and the delectable Belinda Farringdon. Wodehouse (Author) 338 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 22.65 1 Used from 23.95 6 New from 18.65 Paperback 2.50 2 Used from 2.50 Audio, cassette 179.50 1 Used from 179. It was never the habit of Frederick, fifth Earl of Ickenham, to grumble when events crowded in on him, but he did sometimes feel that the life-work he had set himself of spreading sweetness and lightï¿½or, as some preferred to put it, meddling in other people's businessï¿½ was almost more than any man could be expected to undertake single-handed. PG Wodehouse Cocktail Time First Published 1958 ISBN 10: 025765710X /ISBN 13: 9780257657103 Published by Barrie & Jenkins, 1979 UsedCondition: FineHardcover Save for Later FromRain Dog Books(Bloomington, IL, U.S.A. I didn't find this one quite as funny as I have some of the Jeeves & Wooster books, but all that means is that I intermittently found myself smiling or chuckling very quietly to myself, rather than suffering embarrassing uncontrollable laughter in public.PG Wodehouse Cocktail Time - Synopsis Picture - Further Information One day he decides he needs to rise to the challenge of knocking someone's hat off with a slingshot and a brazil nut, and the next thing you know he's started a chain of events that will lead to stunning literary success, blackmail, hijinks involving a very important letter various people are trying to get their hands on, and the overcoming of romantic obstacles for several different couples. Uncle Fred (aka Lord Ickenham), it turns out, is an eccentric and high-spirited fellow.

After a few pages, I felt like I already knew Uncle Fred pretty well. I hadn't read the first two, but my experiences with Jeeves & Wooster led me to conclude that Wodehouse novels probably aren't something you really need to read in order, and I wasn't wrong about that. This appears to be book three in Wodehouse's 'Uncle Fred' series.

Cocktail Time by P.G. Wodehouse