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Wodehouse at his best. I find it hard to review Wodehouse, because you either get him or you don't. The Mating Season is yet another wonderful and weird adventure with Jeeves and Wooster. This time, Wooster is in Kings Deverill, impersonating Gussie Fink-Nottle (the notorious newt fancier), and facing off against five formidable aunts. Those who know Wooster will know that he has two formidable aunts of his own, and so, aunts tend to make Bertie wilt. The game turns even muddier when Gussie show
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This tangled web is a step down from the first four Jeeves and Wooster novels in no small part because there isn't nearly enough Jeeves in the book. He makes cameo appearances throughout, but in many ways, this is really a Drones novel with Gussie Fink-Nottle and Catsmeat Pirbright playing significant roles. In the end, Jeeves makes his presence felt as the four couples involved all play their parts in the Mating Season. For me, this was a couple too far, but it did contribute to the mad cap qua
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