Highballs for breakfast : the very best of P.G Wodehouse on the joys of a good stiff drink / P.G. Wodehouse ; compiled and edited by Richard T. Kelly.

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Wodehouse, P.G

Publication details: London : Hutchinson ; 2016.Description: 169 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9781786330499

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Summary: No writer knew better than PG Wodehouse how a drink can lift the spirits - and he was a master at the high comic effects of having a few too many. Highballs for Breakfast is a handpicked selection of wit, wisdom and comic moments from Wodehouse's work that involve getting pickled or plastered, or lathered or sozzled, and getting in and out of all manner of scrapes. If some great writers dwelled on the darker side of drinking, Wodehouse was concerned with the pure pleasure to be had from 'the magic bottle' and getting outside of the contents of a tall glass. His imperishable writing displays a well-turned appreciation for all kinds of booze - cocktails, champagne, port, whiskey and brandy (with soda, of course); but also the humble pint, and even the infamous poteen.

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Fiction	Hanover Public Library Shelves	FIC WODE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31906001071779

No writer knew better than PG Wodehouse how a drink can lift the spirits - and he was a master at the high comic effects of having a few too many. Highballs for Breakfast is a handpicked selection of wit, wisdom and comic moments from Wodehouse's work that involve getting pickled or plastered, or lathered or sozzled, and getting in and out of all manner of scrapes. If some great writers dwelled on the darker side of drinking, Wodehouse was concerned with the pure pleasure to be had from 'the magic bottle' and getting outside of the contents of a tall glass. His imperishable writing displays a well-turned appreciation for all kinds of booze - cocktails, champagne, port, whiskey and brandy (with soda, of course); but also the humble pint, and even the infamous poteen.

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Highballs for breakfast : the very best of P.G Wodehouse on the joys of a good stiff drink / P.G. Wodehouse ; compiled and edited by Richard T. Kelly.