The action is mostly set at Rudge Hall, home to the obese miser Lester Carmody, and at Healthward Ho, a health farm run by 'Chimp Twist, along with his cohorts 'Soapy' and 'Dolly' Molloy. who were all previously encountered in Sam The Sudden (1925) and would return in Money in the Bank (1946).
Hugo Camody, Lester's nephew, and his friend Ronnie Fish, would appear later in Blandings Castle, home of Ronnie's uncle Lord Emsworth, in Summer Lightening (1929) and Heavy Weather (1933)
| ISBN: | 9781841591490 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2007 |
| Author: | P G Wodehouse |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 307 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library P G WODEHOUSE |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Humorous Fiction |