- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Film & TV Tie-in ed edition (7 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140255303
- ISBN-13: 978-0140255300
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,422,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Absolutely spiffing" Sue Baker, Publishing News "This recording does more than justice to Wodehouse's genius. Martin Jarvis is unmatched in his ability to convey humour, emotion and drama in a full cast of characters...no afternoon will be so rewardingly spent as that shared with Wodehouse and Jarvis. Quite simply a pleasure and delight from start to finish." audiobooksreview.co.uk
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A dubious neighbour's nephew is insinuated into Blandings Castle and Lord Emsworth scents a plot. Happily, brother Galley is on hand.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my very first Wodehouse novel and I really, really enjoyed it. I loved everything about it right down to the cover picture, which on the edition I borrowed, shows a particularly funny scene with elements of other parts of the story.
This novel is delightfully amusing. If you're on holiday or have a long journey to make then this would be a good choice to help you on your way. Evelyn Waugh said "Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own." How very true. Here I am, part of a future generation who has indeed found a little paradise I can visit every so often.
Yes the novel is light relief and complete escapism, but nevertheless there is still some really good writing here. The story is cleverly constructed and the prose style is tremendously entertaining. You are compelled to read on just by the excellent conversations alone. Some of the characters such as Galahad Threepwood have a simply wonderful turn of phrase which I haven't enjoyed in a character so much since I read my last Flashman novel.
Other characters in the novel are extremely enjoyable too. My favourite is probably the unscrupulous detective Percy Frobisher Pilbeam who has marcelled hair and what is gloriously described as a "nasty" moustache. The names in themselves are a treat for example Monty Bodkin and Lady Julia Fish.
The novel does have it's downsides of course. This is an England that never was, (something that I detest in other books), and the female characters are either rather wooden or are really quite negative. Also when all is said and done the ending is a bit lame. To make these kinds of criticisms however, is just to be a spoilsport of what is jolly good fun.
This novel is delightfully amusing. If you're on holiday or have a long journey to make then this would be a good choice to help you on your way. Evelyn Waugh said "Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own." How very true. Here I am, part of a future generation who has indeed found a little paradise I can visit every so often.
Yes the novel is light relief and complete escapism, but nevertheless there is still some really good writing here. The story is cleverly constructed and the prose style is tremendously entertaining. You are compelled to read on just by the excellent conversations alone. Some of the characters such as Galahad Threepwood have a simply wonderful turn of phrase which I haven't enjoyed in a character so much since I read my last Flashman novel.
Other characters in the novel are extremely enjoyable too. My favourite is probably the unscrupulous detective Percy Frobisher Pilbeam who has marcelled hair and what is gloriously described as a "nasty" moustache. The names in themselves are a treat for example Monty Bodkin and Lady Julia Fish.
The novel does have it's downsides of course. This is an England that never was, (something that I detest in other books), and the female characters are either rather wooden or are really quite negative. Also when all is said and done the ending is a bit lame. To make these kinds of criticisms however, is just to be a spoilsport of what is jolly good fun.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I think I'll read a Wodehouse every January. The stories are largely the same, the characters quite transparent. But the style is just wonderful. My favourite run of novels are Blandings related - pig husbandy and theft, various misjudgements of the heart, mad Aunts. This one has a private dectective with Marcelled hair (didn;t know what this was until I bought an Annie Lennox album). Hookum, Splendid tomfoolery, but exquisite style. Its all here in spades
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Martin Jarvis excells again as he reads Wodehouse's sequel to Summer Lightning (Csa Word Classic). His range of vocal characterisations is extended to include Lady Julia and Lord Tilbury (or Stinker Pike as the Hon Gallahad insists on referring to him).
Despite taking the action taking place in a compeltely unbelievable fantasy world that surely never existed the listener is sucked in to this bizzare world of pigs, frustrated love and the, sadly never fully related, story of the prawns.
Despite taking the action taking place in a compeltely unbelievable fantasy world that surely never existed the listener is sucked in to this bizzare world of pigs, frustrated love and the, sadly never fully related, story of the prawns.
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