Something Fishy
1957 novel by P. G. Wodehouse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Something Fishy is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 18 January 1957 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on 28 January 1957 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, under the title The Butler Did It.[1]
Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comic novel |
Publisher | Herbert Jenkins (UK) Simon & Schuster, Inc. (US) |
Publication date | 18 January 1957 (UK) 28 January 1957 (US) |
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The plot concerns a tontine formed by a group of wealthy men weeks before the 1929 stock market crash, and a butler named Keggs who, having overheard the planning of the scheme, years later decides to try to make money out of his knowledge. The novel features Bill Hollister and Roscoe Bunyan, the sons of two of the men who set up the tontine. The last one to become married will receive one million dollars from the tontine. Keggs supports his impoverished former employer, the genial and often confused Lord Uffenham, and Uffenham's niece Jane. A chance meeting between Bill and Jane turns to romance, and Lord Uffenham and Keggs plot to save the day for Bill and Jane.