Mr Mulliner Speaking by P.G. Wodehouse - ISBN: 9780099514060
Paperback
Hilarious tales from a masterful storyteller in the Angler’s Rest.

Mr Mulliner Speaking

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2008

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Summary

‘You don’t analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.’ Stephen Fry

A Mulliner collection

In the bar-parlour of the Angler’s Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold his audience of drinkers (referred to only as Pints of Stout and Whiskies-and-Splash) in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what happened to The Man Who Gave Up Smoking, share a frisson when the butler delivers Something Squishy on a silver salver (‘Y…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099514060
ISBN-10:0099514060
Author:P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Arrow Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:1 October 2008
Weight:171g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Series:Mr. Mulliner
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Critics Review

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

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 *
P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection * Julian Fellowes *
A genius … Elusive, delicate but lasting * Alan Ayckbourn *
P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit * Christopher Hitchens *
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language * Ben Schott *
Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny * Adele Parks *

About The Author

P.G. Wodehouse

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’.

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