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Laughing Gas

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
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Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anaesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped in the ether.

Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnap.

Laughing Gas is Wodehouse's brilliantly funny take on the 'If I were you' theme - a wry look at the dangers of getting what you wish for in the movie business and beyond.

©2011 Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Funny Witty
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Won't be the last. Simple storyline crafted to perfection. A joyous flippant read. Blah blah.

First time with PG Wodehouse

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I listen to books on my way to and from work. This is a lovely bit of escapism. I arrived at work and home often laughing because of the brilliant language.

Made me laugh all the way through

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These stories are classic, timeless, and always hilarious. I've only fairly recently found the books, and I can't get enough of them. I highly recommend this author. Very well narrated by Jonathan Cecil

Classic, wonderful P G Wodehouse

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Narrator very well matched to the writing style! Made the journey to work so much more fun!!

Loved it!

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'Laughing Gas' is P. G. Wodehouse's take on the body-swap idea popularised by 'Vice Versa'. While the concept is much more far-fetched than Wodehouse's more familiar work, the book delivers the expected laughs. Narrated with aplomb by Jonathan Cecil.

Unusal for Wodehouse, but entertaining

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