num_pages: 358
description: Monty Bodkin's pursuit of Gertude Butterwick is temporarily interrupted by his encounter with silver-screen siren Miss Lotus Blossom, who sees in him a means of restoring relations with her idol, the novelist Ambrose Tennyson. But Monty is not the only one with problems. Ambrose's brother Reggie has money troubles and Ikey Llewellyn is struggling with difficulties which would tax anyone's ingenuity, let alone his limited brain power. When the paths of these men collide, the ensuing plot complications produce a vintage Wodehouse farce involving London, New York, Hollywood and translatlantic liners. A delicious period piece from 1935.
language: English
title: The Luck of the Bodkins
titlecomplete: The Luck of the Bodkins
characters: Albert Eustace Peasemarch, Mable Spence, Wilfred, Reginald Tennyson, Grayce Llewellyn, Gertrude Butterwick, Lotus Blossom, Jane Passenger, Ivor Llewellyn, Montauge Bodkin, Monty Bodkin, J.G. Gooch, Ambrose Tennyson
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2033
series: Monty Bodkin, The Drones Club
publisher: Historic England Press