Appearances
Galahad appears in seven novels and a single short story:
- Summer Lightning (1929)
- Heavy Weather (1933)
- Full Moon (1947)
- Pigs Have Wings (1952)
- Galahad at Blandings (1965)
- "Sticky Wicket at Blandings", from Plum Pie (1966)
- A Pelican at Blandings (1969)
- Sunset at Blandings (1977)
Gally first appears in Summer Lightning, where he is staying at Blandings to work on his scandalous reminiscences. He appears not to have been a regular visitor to the castle, however, as Baxter, secretary to Lord Emsworth for some time, has never previously met him. Thereafter he becomes a regular visitor, frequently involved in the intrigues and conspiracies that invariably surround the place, generally filling the role of level-headed and resourceful saviour and the champion of youth and romance. In the two Blandings novels after Summer Lightning in which he does not play a part, his shoes are ably filled by his fellow-Pelican Uncle Fred.
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