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<p><p>the Classic Tale Of Leaving The City And Building A House In The Country, Only To Find Country Life Isn't So Simple. But It Is Hilarious.<p>mr. Blandings, A Successful New York Advertising Executive, And His Wife Want To Escape The Confines Of Their Tiny Midtown Apartment. They Design The Perfect Home In The Idyllic Country, But Soon They Are Beset By Construction Troubles, Temperamental Workmen, Skyrocketing Bills, Threatening Lawyers, And Difficult Neighbors. Mr. Blandings' Dream House Soon Threatens To Be The Nightmare That Undoes Him.<p>this Internationally Bestselling Book By Eric Hodgins Is Illustrated By William Steig And Was Made Into A Film Starring Cary Grant And Myrna Loy &#151; And A Later Film Starring Tom Hanks Called <i>the Money Pit.</i><p><br></p><h3>the Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley</h3><p>rereading <i>mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House</i> For The First Time In Half A Century, I'm Struck Not Merely By How Well It Reads But How Up-to-date It Is. Except For The Money&#151;try Multiplying By 10 To Get The Blandings' Figures Closer To 2007 Dollars&#151;just About Everything In The Book Could Have Been Written Yesterday, Including Hodgins's Smooth, Ironic

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Author

Eric Hodgins

Publisher

Chicago, IL: Academy Chicago Publishers

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780897332453

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.79 / 5 (508 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14