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This is a curious and very unusual Wodehouse novel, in that it's based on a play by another author. The first third of the story is pure Wodehouse, but then it abruptly turns into George S. Kaufman's 1925 play, THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN. Not only does it retain the plot of the stage work, but several characters have the same names as in the play, and much of the dialogue is Kaufman's as well. Wodehouse's hero hails from London, however, replacing the Ohio native from the play that Kaufman created.
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This is a quirky Wodehouse that takes place in the world of American theater rather than English castles. PG had co-written any number of plays with notable lights of the theatrical scribe community. He was often the story guy to the song guys and did quite well. Over time theater changed while Wodehouse stayed largely the same. His play writing career ran for roughly 25 years and mostly ending by the mid 1930s. Thankfully for his fans this left more time to pen the hundredish books that he left
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Jun 15, 2014
Inga
marked it as to-read
Nov 07, 2018
Shannon Cooke
marked it as to-read
