Laughing Gas

Author: Wodehouse, P.G.

Brand: Penguin

Color: White

Features:

• Physical Condition: Yellow Pages

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 304

Release Date: 04-11-2008

model number: 9780099514121

Part Number: 9780099514121

Details: Product Description
'A lifelong treat' Simon Garfield, EsquireA P.G. Wodehouse novelJoey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anaesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped in the ether.Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnap.Laughing Gas is Wodehouse's brilliantly funny take on the 'If I were you' theme - a wry look at the dangers of getting what you wish for in the movie business and beyond.
Review
It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him -- John Humphrys

For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day -- Marian Keyes

Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already -- Lynne Truss

The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes! -- Kate Mosse

Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists -- Susan Hill
About the Author
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
Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'.

EAN: 9780099514121

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English