Quick Service
1940 novel by P. G. Wodehouse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quick Service is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on 27 December 1940 by Doubleday, Doran, New York.[1]
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Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
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Cover artist | Fenwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comic novel |
Publisher | Herbert Jenkins (UK) Doubleday, Doran (US) |
Publication date | 4 October 1940 (UK) 27 December 1940 (US) |
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In the novel, businessman James Duff wants to obtain a portrait that is in a country house. He makes a deal with young Lord Holbeton and Holbeton's fiancée Sally Fairmile to get them to steal the painting. Joss Weatherby, an advertising artist at Duff's company, falls in love with Sally and soon becomes involved in Duff's plotting.