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A Gentleman of Leisure - Classic Humorous Fiction - cover

A Gentleman of Leisure - Classic Humorous Fiction

P. G. Wodehouse

Casa editrice: Diamond Book Publishing

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In this comic novel - dedicated to Douglas Fairbanks, who starred in the stage version - Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman. Naturally, Captain McEachern has a beautiful daughter and problems of his own. The complications which ensue from their meeting, involving a rich cast of Wodehousean characters from both sides of the Atlantic, create one of his most amusing and light-hearted early novels.
Disponibile da: 13/02/2024.

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