Hot Water

Hot Water

"Hot Water" is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published on August 17 1932, in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York.

The story takes place at the Chateau Blissac, Brittany, and recounts the various romantic and criminal goings-on there during a house party, hosted by the Vicomte Blissac. It contains a mixture of romance, intrigue and Wodehouse's brand of humour.

Plot outline

The story's central character is Packy Franklyn, an American millionaire and sportsman. He is engaged to Lady Beatrice Bracken and is staying in England. A chance meeting with the great Dry legislator, Senator Ambrose Opal, leads to all hell breaking loose when a letter written by the Senator to his bootlegger is used as a tool for blackmail. The book also features Gordon "Oily" Carlisle and Gertie, who reappears in the book "Cocktail Time", as well as Soup Slattery and Jane Opal.

External links

* [http://wodehouse.ru/48.htm The Russian Wodehouse Society's page] , with a list of characters


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  • hot water — c.1400, literal; 1530s in figurative sense of “trouble.” …   Etymology dictionary

  • hot water — n. Informal trouble; difficulty: preceded by in, into, etc …   English World dictionary

  • hot water — {n.} {informal} Trouble. Used with in , into , out , of . * /John s thoughtless remark about religion got John into a lot of hot water./ * /It was the kind of trouble where it takes a friend to get you out of hot water./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hot water — {n.} {informal} Trouble. Used with in , into , out , of . * /John s thoughtless remark about religion got John into a lot of hot water./ * /It was the kind of trouble where it takes a friend to get you out of hot water./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hot water — noun a) a dangerous situation; trouble Both students are in hot water from fighting. b) fierce criticism The governments new proposal has landed them in hot water …   Wiktionary

  • hot\ water — noun informal trouble. Used with in , into , out , of . John s thoughtless remark about religion got John into a lot of hot water. It was the kind of trouble where it takes a friend to get you out of hot water …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hot water — noun Date: 1537 trouble 4, difficulty < was in hot water with the authorities > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hot water — Informal. trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes. [1530 40] * * * …   Universalium

  • hot-water — adj. Hot water is used with these nouns: ↑bottle, ↑faucet, ↑heater, ↑tap …   Collocations dictionary

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