Right Ho, Jeeves [Paperback]

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentlemans gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Bertie must deal with the Market Snodsbury Grammar School prize giving, the broken engagement of his cousin Angela, the wooing of Madeline Bassett by Gussie Fink-Nottle, and the resignation of Anatole, the genius chef. Will he prevail? Only with the aid of Jeeves!Wodehouse is the funniest writerthat is, the most resourceful and unflagging deliverer of funthat the human race, a glum crowd, has yet produced.I dont know if Ive ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did fromA brilliantly funny writerperhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced.Wodehouses idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.You should read Wodehouse when youre well, and when youre poorly; when youre travelling, and when youre not; when youre feeling clever, and when youre feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already.The masterly episode where Gussie Fink-Nottle presents the prizes at Market Snodsbury grammar school is frequently included in collections of great comic literature and has often been described as the single funniest piece of sustained writing in the language. I would urge you, however, to head straight for a library or bookshop and get hold of the complete novelThe works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way, unmarked by the passage of time.To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.Ben Schott