jjares reviewed on 6/22/2020 + 3429 more book reviews

The beauty of PG Wodehouse is his supreme command of the English language. He writes brilliant scenes and lets his characters exude their English stuffiness and nonsensical absurdness. No one but Wodehouse could compose a complete book about a prized silver, cow-shaped creamer. Fortunately for his readers, Wodehouse made each of the Jeeves & Wooster books standalone, even though previous characters meander through later books. This is book 7 of a total of 15 (another author has taken over the series).

Absolutely nothing serious happens but the people in the story treat each new facet of the action to be earth-shattering (or at least of a bit of importance). Bertie, whom we all agree is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, gets involved in stealing a silver cow-shaped creamer because of his love of wonderful food. He doesn't want the cow-thing (in fact, he thinks it's ghastly) but his aunt cons him into accepting an invitation -- so he can pinch the cow creamer and bring it back to his aunt (who wants it for her husband, so she can con him out of some money to pay a bestselling author for some work). You are following this, right?

Now the only sane person in this entire book is Jeeves. Generally, Jeeves stays out of the way until the Woosters hit rock bottom. By now, you've figured out who digs the Woosters out of the rocks and brings harmony into the world again. Prepare to be endlessly amused. I smile my way through the pages of this absurdly goofy tale. Delightful.

Jeeves & Wooster
1. My Man Jeeves (1919)
2. The Inimitable Jeeves (1923)
3. Carry on, Jeeves (1925)
4. Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
5. Thank You, Jeeves (1934)
6. Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
** 7.The Code of the Woosters (1938)

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