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Mild Wodehouse, with snappy dialogue but with no particularly memorable characters. Entertaining enough, none the less.
They say watching Babe Ruth strike out was more entertaining than watching any other man hit a home run. After the home runs of books like Uncle Fred in the Springtime and the first four Jeeves and Wooster novels, not to mention recent captivity by the Nazis, I think we allow PG Wodehouse a somewhat lesser novel like Spring Fever.
There are flashes of Wodehouse comedy, but the characters just aren't compelling. When Bertie Wooster is in trouble or danger of matrimony, we feel his pain and yearn f ...more
There are flashes of Wodehouse comedy, but the characters just aren't compelling. When Bertie Wooster is in trouble or danger of matrimony, we feel his pain and yearn f ...more
I collected this book from an old book shop in Edinburgh and it travelled with me all the way from Scotland to India. I call myself, not a fan but a Wodehouse fanatic ! Hence, it is not possible for me to criticize the master wordsmith's work.
Set in the Beevor castle, the story deals with Lord Shortlands who wishes to marry his cook. But as the fate would have it, he needs to own 200 bucks for marriage which he does not have. The main hurdle to his path of marriage is his eldest daughter Adela ...more
Set in the Beevor castle, the story deals with Lord Shortlands who wishes to marry his cook. But as the fate would have it, he needs to own 200 bucks for marriage which he does not have. The main hurdle to his path of marriage is his eldest daughter Adela ...more
Aug 28, 2015
Ambedkar Balasubramaniam Meganathan
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