In Wodehouse's final novel, unfinished at his death, the author returns to his favourite part of England. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiance, Jeff Bennison, and her uncle, Galahad Threepwood, gamely undertakes to bring them back together. Many old friends reappear to take their last bow: the Earl of Emsworth, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Beach the butler, the Empress of Blandings (Lord Emsworth's prize pig), Freddie Threepwood (his son), G. Ovens, innkeeper, and an array of the earl's formidable sisters, including newcomers Florence and Diana.