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Cocktail Time
Cocktail Time
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Arguably the funniest of four books about the Earl of Ickenham, this romp begins with the unruly sexagenarian knocking the hat off his stuffy in-law Beefy Bastable with a slingshot. Bastable, assuming the outrage was perpetrated by a Drones Club member, takes his revenge by anonymously publishing a scandalous novel about the misbehavior of the y...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140085051
ISBN-10: 014008505X
Publication Date: 6/4/1991
Pages: 224
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  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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4.6 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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Brilliant novella from that witty British chap. He actually has a bit of stuff to do with America in this one and I ran into a strange vocabulary issue. Wodehouse called a slingshot a catapult, which to my mind is a quite different device. Luckily the picture on the cover cleared it all up for me.
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