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In some ways this book is representative of P.G. Wodehouse at his peak, as Bertie and Jeeves are in top form. But after nearly 40 years of writing stories about these characters, the plots or, more specifically, the individual scenes, lack the last degree in sparkle and inventiveness. Still, the thing is never less than entertaining, and it's clear that the author still has plenty of gasoline left in his tank.
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This is an enjoyable excursion into the world of Wooster, but it doesn't rank with the initial quadrology of Jeeves and Wooster novels which set an impossibly high standard. While this is a Wodehouse novel that ends with a bang and contains a fair amount of the Jeeves, as all novels should, the first two thirds or featues precious little Jeeves and is the poorer for it. It feels like a meal which begins with a great soup and end with a wonderful desert but the middle courses leave something to b
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Ezra
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it was amazing
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