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And what characters to cross them! Bertie and Jeeves; bumbling Lord Emsworth and the Empress of Blandings, his prize pig; the elegant sybarite Psmith, who believes that early rising leads to insanity; and that boozy American Biffen, who inspired one of the master's famous similes: "He quivered like...
Died. Eric Hodgins, 71, former managing editor and publisher of FORTUNE and vice president of Time Inc., best known for his 1946 novel, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. "I was Mr. Blandings," he later said of the book, which poked waspish fun at...
Beyond the immediate problems caused by inflation and tight money, there are other, longer-term reasons for the trouble in housing. The home-building industry is like a sprawling Gulliver, pinned down by gremlins. The industry is snarled in a tangle of little, mostly local restraints that make houses and...
Died. Reginald Denny, 75, English-born screen and stage actor, a veteran of more than 200 films, whose boyish good looks won him all-American parts in Hollywood's silent days, but whose unmistakably British diction led to a talkie career of English character and comedy roles, including Mr...
EPISODE-REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT INSIDE MY SKULL, by Eric Hodgins. The author of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House recounts his partial recovery from a "cerebrovascular accident" (in layman's terms, a stroke). His wit and skill with words are totally unimpaired.