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'Brings the peerless Jeeves and Wooster barrelling back to life' Daily Mail
A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse's much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate.
Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more…
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This book is billed as a ‘homage to P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)’. Anyone who enjoys Wodehouse’s numerous comic novels and short stories will not be disappointed with Faulk’s tribute. It features Wodehouse’s two most famous characters, the bumbling aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his highly intelligent manservant, Jeeves. All the usual escapades are there, as well as Jeeves cryptic allusions to English literature that, of course, go way over Wooster’s head. This book is more than just mimicry though. Somehow or other, Faulks manages to mirror Wodehouse impeccably and yet keep his own authorial voice. Ask me for a specific example and…
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