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Summer Lightning

AuthorP.G. Wodehouse

NarratorMartin Jarvis

SeriesBlandings, Book 2

Duration5h 3m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Humour and Comedy

PublisherCSA Word

VersionAbridged

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Galahad's causing the usual uproar at Blandings, this time by deciding to write his memoirs - a choice not all of his high-society childhood buddies are keen on! Wodehouse's typically British farce is joyfully read by Martin Jarvis, who lends charismatic character voices to a plot which is as funny as it is ridiculous. Pig-kidnap also included!

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