Meet Mr Mulliner
Meet Mr Mulliner by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse is a delightful collection published by Penguin in 1975, featuring 170 pages in English. This edition introduces readers to Mr Mulliner, a master storyteller at the Angler’s Rest, who shares whimsical tales inspired by his vivid imagination and the barmaid Miss Postlethwaite. The stories revolve around the eccentricities of his relatives, including Wilfred, the inventor of a peculiar elephant tonic, and his cousin James, a detective-story writer who encounters the supernatural.
Readers will find a range of humorous and fantastical narratives that highlight the extraordinary behavior of Mr Mulliner’s family and acquaintances. The collection showcases Wodehouse’s signature wit and creativity, presenting characters like Isadore Zinzinheimer, the head of a motion picture company, and the amusing consequences of their adventures. This edition offers a unique glimpse into the fictional world crafted by Wodehouse, making it a noteworthy addition for fans of fiction.
Official synopsis Publisher
A Mulliner collectionIn the Angler’s Rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse’s greatest raconteurs. Mr Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behaviour of his far-flung in particular there’s Wilfred, inventor of Raven Gypsy face-cream and Snow of the Mountain Lotion, who lights on the formula for Buck-U-Uppo, a tonic given to elephants to enable them to face tigers with the necessary nonchalance. Its explosive effects on a shy young curate and then the higher clergy is gravely revealed. Then there’s his cousin James, the detective-story writer, who has inherited a cottage more haunted than anything in his own imagination. And Isadore Zinzinheimer, head of the Bigger, Better & Brighter Motion Picture Company. Tall tales all – but among Wodehouse’s best.
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