{"product_id":"blandings-castle-2","title":"Blandings Castle","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI love his writing, it’s so clever and funny, so deft.' Alan Titchmarsh’s 6 Best Books choice (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Blandings collection\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe ivied walls of Blandings Castle have seldom glowed as sunnily as in these wonderful stories - but there are snakes in the rolling parkland ready to nip Clarence, the absent-minded Ninth Earl of Emsworth, when he least expects it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor a start the Empress of Blandings, in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class at the Shropshire Agricultural Show, is off her food ­- and can only be coaxed back to the trough by a call in her own language. Then there is the feud with Head Gardener McAllister, aided by Clarence's sister, the terrifying Lady Constance, and the horrible prospect of the summer fête - twin problems solved by the arrival of a delightfully rebellious little girl from London. But first of all there is the vexed matter of the custody of the pumpkin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSkipping an ocean and a continent, Wodehouse also treats us to some unputdownable stories of excess from the monstrous Golden Age of Hollywood.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Best of Used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44270290534657,"sku":"2VA5RUTQ9-Used","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/ff02e4fc-a1a8-406f-8c7b-f8095d51db23.jpg?v=1699340169","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/blandings-castle-2","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}