The three Persever children of While Mr. Coverlet Was Away (1958) and Mrs. Coverlet is Magicians (1961) continue to throw out laughs as they leave home to go on a rampage in New York City. Their cat, Nervous, now belongs to the wealthy Mrs. Dextrose-Chesapeake, but disappeared mysteriously from a cat show. Hot on the trail of the cat burglar is Toad, the youngest of the Persevers, and he is enthusiastically assisted by the somewhat priggish Molly and by Malcolm, Who keeps struggling with the innuendoes of his complex: conscience. The three make good use of playground possibilities of Mrs. D-C's elegant brownstone, zipping up and down the bird-cage style elevator, or, alternately, the dumb waiter. Nervous is retrieved under circumstances as artificial as one of neighbor Marcia Mellow's soapy TV shows to complete a story that has more chuckleability than credibility. ( On line review)
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