num_pages: 228
description: The classic tale of leaving the city and building a house in the country, only to find country life isn't so simple. But it is hilarious.  Mr. Blandings, a successful New York advertising executive, and his wife want to escape the confines of their tiny midtown apartment. They design the perfect home in the idyllic country, but soon they are beset by construction troubles, temperamental workmen, skyrocketing bills, threatening lawyers, and difficult neighbors. Mr. Blandings' dream house soon threatens to be the nightmare that undoes him.  This internationally bestselling book by Eric Hodgins is illustrated by William Steig and was made into a film starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy -- and a later film starring Tom Hanks called The Money Pit.
language: English
title: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
titlecomplete: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
genres: Classics, Comedy, American, Architecture, Humor, Novels, Family, Romance, 20th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 795
places: Connecticut, The United States of America
series: Blandings
publisher: Simon & Schuster