Name: Uncle Fred in the springtime
Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9780393343069

P. G. Wodehouse

Uncle Fred in the springtime

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

When the dastardly Duke of Dunstable plots to steal Lord Emsworth's pig, Empress of Blandings, the wily Uncle Fred--aka the Earl of Ickenham--is called in to thwart him. To that end, the Earl arrives at Blandings Castle under false pretences, posing as pompous 'loony-doctor' Sir Roderick Glossop, accompanied by two other imposters, one of them the unfortunate Pongo; a bookie turned private detective; an angry sixteen-stone poet; a suspicious dancing secretary, and Lord Emsworth's pink-faced heir who will keep pointing his gun in the wrong direction.

Uncle Fred in the Springtime

Adam Scharf

Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment and it's not for the first time. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth of Blandings to foil a plot to relieve him of the Empress, his much-adored prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter of dear old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, a party of innocent imposters bent on doing 'a bit of good to two loving hearts'. For, as Uncle Fred himself admits, 'there are no limits, literally none, to what I can accomplish in the springtime'.

A Blandings Story

Sarah Escorsa

There really is nothing like a Wodehouse book to make my day! His books are the only ones I've ever read that actually make me laugh out, they're just irresistible!

The plot here is typical Wodehouse: young people with romantic and/or cash problems, a impending menace on the infamous Empress of Blandings and some very wacky uncles, aunts, secretaries... After reading a few Wodehouse novels, you know everything will turn out alright in the end but the fun part of it all is finding out just how it happens:)

Wodehouse's writing style is absolutely inimitable and the dialogues are just brilliant. He really is the funniest writer ever!

I'll leave the last words to Uncle Fred:
"We come to the conclusion that the whole situation pivots on the pig. Eliminate the pig, and we see daylight."

A Blandings novel Uncle Fred is one of the hottest earls that ever donned a coronet. Or as he crisply said, 'There are no limits, literally none, to what I can achieve in the springtime.' Even so, his gifts are stretched to the limit when he is urged by Lord Emsworth to save his prize pig, the Empress of Blandings, from the enforced slimming cure of the haughty Duke of Dunstable. Pongo Twistleton knows his debonair but wild uncle shouldn't really be allowed at large - especially when disguised as a brain surgeon. He fears the worst. And his fears are amply justified.

Hannah Swithinbank

Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth to foil a plot to steal the Empress, his prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter of old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent on doing a "bit of good".

Uncle Fred in the springtime

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