{"product_id":"2940011861154","title":"The Intrusion of Jimmy","description":"This ebook is complete with linked Table of Content making navigation quicker and easier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared as a novella, under the title The Gem Collector, in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's magazine. Revised and expanded, and with the title changed to The Intrusion of Jimmy, it was published as a book in 1910. It was serialised under that title in the British weekly magazine Titbits, between 11 June and 10 September, before being published, as A Gentleman of Leisure, on 15 November 1910. There are minor textual differences between the American and British editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Gentleman of Leisure was adapted for the stage in 1911 and has twice been filmed, in 1915 and 1923.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWealthy playboy Jimmy Pitt falls for a girl on the boat back from England. In New York he finds his old cronies excited by The Cracksman, a new play in the Raffles vein. He makes a bet with his friend Arthur Mifflin, star of the play - he will break into a house that very night. Brooding on how to accomplish such a feat, his house is broken into by Spike Mullins, whom he persuades to accompany him on his mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey pick a house recommended to Mullins by a friend, and break in, only to be caught by John McEachern, whom they convince that Pitt is a prominent London jewel thief. He arranges to be paid off, but his daughter Molly enters, and she and Jimmy recognise each other from their boat-trip. To keep his secret graft a secret, McEachern pretends to Molly that Pitt is a friendly passer-by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a year wandering the globe, unable to find or forget Molly, Pitt is in London once more. Seeing a stranger in need in a restaurant, he comes to his aid, and so befriends Lord Dreever, known to all as Spennie. Wandering the streets with his new friend, they run into Spike Mullins, Jimmy's only link to Molly, who has fallen on hard times. Pitt takes him in. ---From Wikipedia","brand":"Spastic Cat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183752954096,"sku":"2940011861154","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011861154_p0.jpg?v=1763550459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011861154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}