the other book review

Fred­er­ick, Earl of Ick­en­ham, is still a boy at heart. He is loud, some would say obnox­ious, opti­mistic and socia­ble very present. But when he hangs out of a win­dow in his favorite pub and cat­a­pults the hat off of his brother in law, a grumpy bar­ris­ter, he couldn’t have imag­ined what kind of actions he sets in motion. Actions he will be in over his head, but also enjoys tremen­dously. Who could have thought that a cat­a­pult could result in a scan­dalous best­seller, a film script, strange roman­tic entan­gle­ments and the awak­en­ing of a dodgy couple.

Highly enjoy­able read. The fast pace with which the novel is writ­ten, the lively char­ac­ters and their choices and actions will keep you read­ing until you are tired laugh­ing. Wode­house has really hit the spot again with this Uncle Fred novel. And if you hadn’t had enough of this lov­able crea­ture that is called Uncle Fred, there is always Uncle Dyna­mite to read.

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