A classic Jeeves and Wooster novel from P.G. Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century.
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'.
Sheer joy
*Independent*
A cavalcade of perfect joy
*Caitlin Moran*
Fairly close to perfection
*Books to get through lockdown*
There are periods when I'm not up to the journey, when hope is too
much to ask for and I am only fit for ... cowering under the covers
with P.G. Wodehouse
*Cathy Rentzenbrink*
The prose . . . is so gloriously funny you can relish the book over
and over again.
*The Times*
Quite possibly the funniest book the master of comedy ever
wrote.
*i paper (feel good books)*
A sheer joy to read.
*Yahoo: 40 best books to read before you die*
'Anything by PG Wodehouse' was a common response when asking around
for people's comfort reads. It's very hard to pick just one, but
this - with Roderick Spode, Aunt Dahlia and plenty of sneering at
cow creamers - is fairly close to perfection.
*Spectator*
It's illegal to put together any list of the funniest books in
English without including Wodehouse. [His] incredibly delicate
descriptive touch (for example, of a particularly burly character:
"as if Nature had intended to make a gorilla, and had changed its
mind at the last moment") and sense of timing elevate a country
house farce involving a policeman's hat, a cow-creamer and a
would-be British fascist leader into something which glows with an
effortless, sunny brilliance.
*Esquire*
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