Ukridge: Pelham Wodehouse

Money makes the world go round for Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge - and when there isn`t enough of it, the world just has to spin a bit faster.
Ever on the lookout for a quick buck, a solid gold fortune, or at least a plausible little scrounge, the irrepressible Ukridge gives con men a bad name. Looking like an animated blob of mustard in his bright yellow raincoat, he invests time, passion and energy (but seldom actual cash) in a series of increasingly bizarre money-making schemes. Finance for a dog college? It`s yours. Shares in an accident syndicate? Easily arranged. Promoting a kind-hearted heavyweight boxer? A snip.
Poor Corky Corcoran, Ukridge`s old school chum and confidant, trails through these pages in the ebullient wake of Wodehouse`s most disreputable but endearing hero and hopes to escape with his shirt at least.