{"product_id":"a-gentleman-of-leisure","title":"A Gentleman of Leisure","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy P. G. Wodehouse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Jimmy Pitt, a proper gentleman of leisure, makes a bet that he can successfully burgle a house, he unexpectedly finds himself in the presence of the only girl he could ever love and her crooked police-captain father. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year later, after a chance encounter leads to an invitation to a castle in the English countryside, Jimmy and the quick-fingered Spike Mullins find themselves under the same roof as that same lovely girl, her formidable father—and a necklace worth one hundred thousand dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeaving nothing straightforward and no path too smooth, Wodehouse sends \u003cem\u003eA Gentleman of Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e and its cast—including the formidable Lady Julia Blunt, the blundering but charming Lord Spennie Dreeves and not one but two detectives—stumbling from one comedy to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJimmy\u003c\/span\u003e leaned back in his chair and spoke calmly, but with decision.\u003c\/em\u003e “\u003cem\u003eAny man of ordinary intelligence,\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003cem\u003ehe said,\u003c\/em\u003e “\u003cem\u003ecould break into a house.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Pelham Grenville (P. G.) Wodehouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e (1881–1975) was an English author and playwright and one of the premier humorists of the twentieth century. His inimitable prose, in the words of Evelyn Waugh, “has made a world for us to live in and delight in.” Wodehouse’s hundreds of written works include the masterful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeeves \u0026amp; Wooster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlandings Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1944418519\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100029903215,"sku":"978-1944418519","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product2175.jpg?v=1781124628","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/a-gentleman-of-leisure","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}