Uncle Dynamite
P G Wodehouse
- The
- uncle
- in
- question
- is
- Frederick
- Altamount
- Cornwallis,
- Fifth
- Earl
- of
- Ickenham,
- better
- known
- as
- Uncle
- Fred,
- an
- old
- boy
- of
- such
- a
- sunny
- and
- youthful
- nature
- that
- explosions
- of
- sweetness
- and
- light
- detonate
- all
- around
- him
- (in
- the
- course,
- it
- must
- be
- said,
- of
- a
- plot
- that
- involves
- blackmail,
- impersonation,
- knock-out
- drops,
- stealing,
- arrests
- and
- potential
- jewel-smuggling).This
- is
- Wodehouse
- at
- his
- very
- best,
- with
- sundered
- lovers,
- explorers,
- broke
- publishers
- and
- irascible
- aristocrats
- all
- eventually
- yielding
- to
- the
- magic,
- ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous
- touch
- of
- Uncle
- Fred.
- It
- is,
- as
- Richard
- Usborne
- writes,
- 'a
- brilliantly
- sustained
- rattle
- of
- word-perfect
- dialogue
- and
- narrative
- topping
- a
- very
- complicated
- and
- well-controlled plot'.
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