The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse
by P.G. Wodehouse

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Book Review: This book really is a "best of" Wodehouse.....
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a sampling of hilarious stories, from some of his main themes. Most notably, there is a selection of stories involving Freddie Wigeon and his doomed attempts at finding true love (all hilarious), a selection of stories involving Mr. Mulliner telling of the bizare adventures of his extended family, a selection of Stanley Ulkridge stories: The man who is determined to get rich the quick & easy way, and a stunning selection of Jeeves stories....

I became interested in reading Wodehouse after reading Douglas Adams's "The Salmon of Doubt." There is a brief essay where Adams praises Wodehouse, and describes Wodehouse's writing style. If you like Adams, you should like Wodehouse.

Wodehouse is very inventive with this short stories. There is always a lot of action, and emotional uproar. But his talent lies in his language and choice of words. If you think the following phrases are amusing--then read this book:

"He realized too late that George was in public relations, and the brains of people in public relations are like the soup in poor restaurants: It's never a good idea to stir them up."

"Luckily, I gave them a false name when I came in."
"Why did you do that?"
"Usual business precautions."

"If you took all of the women Freddie loved & lost, and laid them end to end, they'd stretch half way from here to picadilly."

"Longer, I'd say. Some of them were pretty tall."

Now--if you thought those jokes were "stupid," then don't buy this book. But if you're looking for some of the best short stories I have ever seen (and I've seen a whole big bunch), then go for this. The Jeeves stories in particular are very sharp.

Still----this is not the best book ever. There is a large section of "Golfing" stories that I did not like, but I really hate golf so don't take my word for it. There is also a longish story involving Blandings and some pig of his that I did not care for--but I don't think Blandings is funny either. The novel "Quicksilver" I found only average (a previous reviewer thought it was the best ever, so go figure).

At any rate--This book is worth owning, because you'll want to go back and visit these stories (maybe not the "golf" ones if you hate golf as much as I do) many times.....

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