"Hot Water" 1932 WODEHOUSE, P.G.

"Hot Water" 1932 WODEHOUSE, P.G.WODEHOUSE, P. G.[300] pp. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1932 First Edition7 3 4" x 5 3 4"*w facsimile dust jacket*w illustrations by Rea Irvin Hot Water is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on August 17, 1932, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and on the same date in the United States by Doubleday, Doran, New York.: 6263, A47 The novel had previously been serialised in the American magazine Collier's. The story takes place

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

[300] pp.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.

1932

First Edition

7 3/4" x 5 3/4"

*w/ facsimile dust jacket*

w/ illustrations by Rea Irvin

Hot Water is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on August 17, 1932, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and on the same date in the United States by Doubleday, Doran, New York.: 62–63, A47 

The novel had previously been serialised in the American magazine Collier's.

The story takes place at the Château Blissac, near the town of St Rocque in Brittany. Packy Franklyn, an American millionaire and sportsman, is engaged to Lady Beatrice Bracken and is staying in England. A chance meeting with the great Dry legislator Senator Ambrose Opal and the senator's daughter Jane Opal leads to Packy becoming involved in much mischief at St Rocque in France in order to recover a compromising letter.