'A lifelong treat' Simon Garfield, Esquire
A P.G. Wodehouse novel
Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anaesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped in the ether.
Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnap.
Laughing Gas is Wodehouse's brilliantly funny take on the 'If I were you' theme - a wry look at the dangers of getting what you wish for in the movie business and beyond.
Publisher: Cornerstone
ISBN: 9780099514121
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 214 g
Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 18 mm
It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him - John Humphrys
For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day - Marian Keyes
Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already - Lynne Truss
The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes! - Kate Mosse
Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists - Susan Hill
P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection - Julian Fellowes
A genius ... Elusive, delicate but lasting - Alan Ayckbourn
P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit - Christopher Hitchens
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language - Ben Schott
Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny - Adele Parks
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