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This is one of Wodehouse's books that I don't like very much. It has some great side characters and scenes. My favorite side character is Sergeant-Major Flannery who is a very fun stereotypical sergeant character. I listen to the version narrated by Jonathan Cecil and he does a great voice for the Flannery. There is also a fun old Butler named Sturgis, who mispronounces the word rabbit as robert. Lastly, there is dog, Emily. We get to hear the translation of what her barks mean, and Wodehouse is
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Wodehouse worlds bounce off each other in this charming British Castle novel that is something of a prequel for the Blandings Castle two-parter Summer Lightning & Heavy Weather which kicked off the glory days of that great series. Hugo Carmody and Ronald Fish, who are minorish character here, will play roles for which they are more famous in those Blandings novels. They are also member of the Drones Club to which many fatheaded young men in the Wodehouse universe belong. The most famous member o
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All's well that end's well. What I really liked was how the silent, shy guy finally finds his voice in the end. Approve the hero through and through. ☺
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Mar 06, 2015
Ambedkar Balasubramaniam Meganathan
rated it
it was amazing
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Feb 08, 2019
Bharath P H
marked it as to-read
