'To have one of his books in your hand is to possess, by way of a pill, that which can relieve anxiety, rageiness, or an afternoon-long tendency towards the sour. In a plot that swiftly becomes rife with mishaps, it is Jeeves who must extract his master from trouble. Though the prospect fills him with dread, when duty calls, Bertie will answer, for Aunt Dahlia will not be denied. In order to do so, Jeeves hatches a scheme whereby Bertie must charm the droopy and altogether unappealing Madeline and face the wrath of would-be dictator Roderick Spode. 'There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, "Do trousers matter?"'Īunt Dahlia has tasked Bertie with purloining an antique cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. Number 15 in 100 Greatest Books of All Time list in Daily Telegraph 'To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.' Ben Schott 'If you haven't read PG Wodehouse in a hot bath with a snifter of whiskey and ideally a rubber duck for company, you haven't lived A book that's a sheer joy to read.' Independent (40 books to read before you die) is so gloriously funny you can relish the book over and over again.' The Times (five best British comic novels) Wodehouse, the great comic writer of the 20th century. A classic Jeeves and Wooster novel from P.G.
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