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Uncle Fred in the Springtime
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bookshelves: comedy, fiction, humor, wodehouses
Aug 23, 2015
bookshelves: comedy, fiction, humor, wodehouses
Read 2 times. Last read October 15, 2024 to October 20, 2024.
Oh my goodness, what in the dickens is going on now? Impostors, you say? At Blandings Castle, you say? Well, you don't say!
Lord Ickenham, aka Uncle Fred is at it again. The OCC (original cool cucumber) has cooked up another improbable scheme to make all well again in a world in which he loves her, she loves him, Father A doesn't approve, Father B doesn't approve, Young Gadabout A needs a bit of the ready cash, and so does Young Gadabout B. Who better to tie these things all together than Uncle Fred?
Wodehouse juggles plots with dizzying skill. I did a rough count and Uncle Fred in the Springtime contains approximately a bucketload of characters. Every character's got an agenda and they all compete with and against one another simultaneously. Sometimes the plot lines are silly, sometimes skillful, and sometimes they leave you wondering, "What? Who? Where?" in the most delightful way. It's like a murder mystery in which no one gets murdered...not too seriously at any rate.
Lord Ickenham, aka Uncle Fred is at it again. The OCC (original cool cucumber) has cooked up another improbable scheme to make all well again in a world in which he loves her, she loves him, Father A doesn't approve, Father B doesn't approve, Young Gadabout A needs a bit of the ready cash, and so does Young Gadabout B. Who better to tie these things all together than Uncle Fred?
Wodehouse juggles plots with dizzying skill. I did a rough count and Uncle Fred in the Springtime contains approximately a bucketload of characters. Every character's got an agenda and they all compete with and against one another simultaneously. Sometimes the plot lines are silly, sometimes skillful, and sometimes they leave you wondering, "What? Who? Where?" in the most delightful way. It's like a murder mystery in which no one gets murdered...not too seriously at any rate.
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May 19, 2012
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August 23, 2015
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August 23, 2015
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August 25, 2015
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October 15, 2024
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Started Reading
October 20, 2024
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Dec 13, 2015 06:57AM
after having just read a surreal book in which I was never quite sure what was happening, I think this might be an antidote with its humorous confusion.
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Sue wrote: "after having just read a surreal book in which I was never quite sure what was happening, I think this might be an antidote with its humorous confusion."I think it very well might be!
