Cocktail Time

Name: Cocktail Time
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
ISBN: 9781504796798

Author: P. G. Wodehouse

Series: Uncle Fred Series #3

Narrator: Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/01/2013

Categories: Fiction, Humorous

Synopsis

If Lord Ickenham had not succumbed to the temptation to dislodge the hat of Beefy Bastable, the irascible QC, with a well-aimed Brazil nut, the latter’s famous legal mind might never have been stimulated to literature. But the incident provoked Beefy to write his exposé of the younger generation, a novel so shocking that it caused endless repercussions for its hapless author, and sparked off a whole series of outrageous misunderstandings that it would take the inventive talents of Lord Ickenham himself to resolve.

About P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He is best known for his stories of Bertie Wooster and his servant Jeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– and post–World War I era.

About Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rosh ~catching up slowly~ on January 26, 2023

In a Nutshell:Not his best by far. But I think I picked this up at the wrong time and hence will cut it some slack. This is the third book in the Uncle Fred series. A seemingly innocuous Brazil nut aimed at a topper hat results in a controversial book being published, and a whole load of shenanigan......more

Goodreads review by Srivalli on January 24, 2023

3.8 Stars Uncle Fred is back in London, which means he has to do something to create a mess and fix it in his own way. The book starts with him popping off Sir Raymond Bastable's (Beefy) top hat with a Brazilian nut. Bastable is enraged and pours his opinions into a book published under a pseudonym.......more

Goodreads review by Bharath on January 21, 2023

I returned to a P.G. Wodehouse after a gap of many years. I know what to expect in his novels and this did not disappoint! Uncle Fred (Lord Ickenham) hears about how a guy used a catapult to shoot brazil nuts at others. He decides to have a go himself and he has a clean shot – taking off the hat of R......more

Goodreads review by Nigeyb on November 06, 2018

Another PGW winner P.G. Wodehouse is the funniest writer of the past century. Wodehouse defies superlatives and is, for my money, the best comedic writer to ever put pen to paper. Despite being a confirmed Wodehousian this is only the second Uncle Fred novel I have read. According to Wikipedia the Un......more

Goodreads review by John on July 18, 2021

The Earl of Ickenham or to his friends Uncle Fred embarks on another hilarious escapade. This time Beefy Bastable is assisted. After writing a book called Cocktail Time he suddenly has a best seller but it would scupper his political aspirations. So his no hopper nephew Cosmos is persuaded to take c......more