Very Good, Jeeves [Paperback]

Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentlemans gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic short story collections in the English language. Whoever or whatever the cause of Bertie Wooster's consternationBobbie Wickham giving away his fierce Aunt Agatha's dog; getting into the bad books of Sir Roderick Glossop; attempting to scupper the unfortunate infatuation of his friend Tuppy for a robust opera singerJeeves can always be relied on tyo untangle the most ferocious of muddles. Even Bertie's.Wodehouse is the funniest writerthat is, the most resourceful and unflagging deliverer of funthat the human race, a glum crowd, has yet produced.A brilliantly funny writerperhaps the most consistently funny the English language has yet produced.There are eleven tales in this book and each is the best.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.You dont analyze such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendor.The works of Wodehouse continue on their unique way, unmarked by the passage of time.Sublime comic genius.To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.Ben Schott