2004, ISBN: 0393051595

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780393051599], [PU: NY & London. 2004. W.W. Norton & Co.], Jacket, light grey/dark grey hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780393051599], [PU: NY & London. 2004. W.W. Norton & Co.], Jacket, light grey/dark grey hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first american edition so stated. first printing (#1 in # line). xiii+530p. 42 glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. books by P. G. Wodehouse. bibliography. index. biography. english history. english literature. ~ A rich, vivid, and affectionate portrait of the most brilliant comic writer of the twentieth century. To Evelyn Waugh he was simply "the Master." He wrote more than ninety books, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith, and the Empress of Blandings (who is, of course, a pig). Equally impressive is the range of his devotees Dorothy Parker, John Updike, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Salman Rushdie, John le Carré, and Seamus Heaney. P. G. Wodehouse also had an extraordinary Broadway career, working with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, and he collaborated closely with Cole Porter on "Anything Goes," even anglicizing the London production. Robert McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life from Edwardian London to Jazz Age America (Broadway and Hollywood), to expatriate life in France, and then the long retirement to Long Island, where he died an American citizen. The ill~judged broadcasts from Berlin, where Wodehouse was interned during World War II, produced a violent backlash in England and the United States and branded him, unfairly, as a Nazi sympathizer. The surface details of such a life would be enough, but McCrum also addresses the complexity of a man who maintained, against all evidence, that his life was a "breeze from start to finish." This is the book Wodehouse fans have been waiting for, eclipsing all previous accounts of his life., Books<

2004, ISBN: 9780393051599

Gebundene Ausgabe

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ISBN: 9780393051599

He had an extraordinary Broadway career, wrote 90 novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves and the Empress of Blandings. McCrum's magisterial biography c… Mehr…

He had an extraordinary Broadway career, wrote 90 novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves and the Empress of Blandings. McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life. Media > Book, [PU: W. W. Norton]<

2004, ISBN: 9780393051599

W W Norton & Co Inc, Hardcover, Auflage: First Edition, 530 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004T, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.95 kg, Verkaufsrang: 624353, Authors, Arts & Literature, Biographies & Memoir… Mehr…

W W Norton & Co Inc, Hardcover, Auflage: First Edition, 530 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004T, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.95 kg, Verkaufsrang: 624353, Authors, Arts & Literature, Biographies & Memoirs, Subjects, Books, Literature & Fiction, W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004<