Barmy in Wonderland
 First edition cover | |
| Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comic novel |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 221 pp |
Barmy in Wonderland is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 21 April 1952 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on May 8, 1952 by Doubleday & Company, New York, under the title Angel Cake.[1] The novel may be considered part of the expanded Drones Club canon, since the main character Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps is a member of the club.
Wodehouse adapted the novel from a play, The Butter and Egg Man, by George S. Kaufman and, echoing Shakespeare's dedication of his Sonnets, dedicated the US edition to "the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets, Mr G S K".
The central character is Cyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps (pronounced "Fungy Fips"), an amiable if not particularly brilliant young man who courts Eileen "Dinty" Moore.
References
External links
- The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with a list of characters