- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (25 July 1974)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140038353
- ISBN-13: 978-0140038354
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 654,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written to celebrate the author's ninety-first birthday - a flawless piece of classic comic writing. What happened to Monty Bodkin's love for Hockey International Gertrude Butterwick? His year in Hollywood completed, he leaves behind his heartbroken secretary, Sandy Miller, and arrives in London to claim his Amazon's had. However, teh Bodkin road to happiness is arduous, and pitfalled through and through
About the Author
PG Wodehouse was born in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. He was created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died on St. Valentine's Day in the same year at the age of ninety-three. His novels are translated into every language and are frequently adapted for radio and television. In Jeeves and Wooster he created two of the best known and best loved characters in twentieth century literature.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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`Pears, Girls and Monty Bodkin' continues one year after the business in `The Luck of the Bodkins' concluded and it tells the continuing story of Monty Bodkin and his engagement to Gertrude Butterwick which relies on his remaining in someone's employ for a whole year. Monty secured a position with movie mogul Ikey Llewellyn after unwittingly smuggling some jewels for his wife Grayce. Gertrude's father, J. P. Butterwick has decided to consider the evidence of employment inadmissible due to the way it way gained and so Monty is charged with maintaining a further year of receiving the old envelope.
Further complications occur when Monty is re-employed on a more traditional basis by Ikey on the recommendation of Sandy Miller whom has fallen in love with our hero. The love is returned but Monty cannot initially see it, as indeed no one sees the trio of confidence tricksters whom are out to steal Grayce Llewellyn's jewels. Step forward Dolly the Dip, Soap Molloy and Chimp Twist whom we met previously in `Sam the Sudden'; `Money for Nothing'; `Hot Water'; `Money in the Bank' and `Ice in the Bedroom'.
If the plot appears complicated you should try the resolution. Definitely one of the masters most overlooked master pieces and one of my own personnel favourites, probably only bettered by its predecessor `The Luck of the Bodkins' or possibly the Blandings story that first introduced us to Monty, `Heavy Weather'.
Further complications occur when Monty is re-employed on a more traditional basis by Ikey on the recommendation of Sandy Miller whom has fallen in love with our hero. The love is returned but Monty cannot initially see it, as indeed no one sees the trio of confidence tricksters whom are out to steal Grayce Llewellyn's jewels. Step forward Dolly the Dip, Soap Molloy and Chimp Twist whom we met previously in `Sam the Sudden'; `Money for Nothing'; `Hot Water'; `Money in the Bank' and `Ice in the Bedroom'.
If the plot appears complicated you should try the resolution. Definitely one of the masters most overlooked master pieces and one of my own personnel favourites, probably only bettered by its predecessor `The Luck of the Bodkins' or possibly the Blandings story that first introduced us to Monty, `Heavy Weather'.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A sequel to the hilarious 'Luck of the Bodkins', this book shifts the scene from an ocean liner to the country house of a conventional Wodehouse novel. Similarly, the original chaotic but credible plot gives way to a much more familiar storyline, involving burglars, imposters and a young man who wants to break off an engagement. In other words, this could just be another Blandings story. Alas, it contains no equivalent to the stock of great characters at Blandings and suffers badly in comparison to Wodehouse's masterpieces. The plot seems rather disjointed, its potential undeveloped, and the characters far from memorable.
The dictum that sequels are never as good as the original is utterly false when applied to the Jeeves and Blandings series, but, sadly, it is true in this case.
Nonetheless, Wodehouse's standard of writing is so consistently high that even a weak specimen like this one still contains a lot of laughs and is a pleasure to read. I would certainly recommend it to a devotee of Wodehouse.
The dictum that sequels are never as good as the original is utterly false when applied to the Jeeves and Blandings series, but, sadly, it is true in this case.
Nonetheless, Wodehouse's standard of writing is so consistently high that even a weak specimen like this one still contains a lot of laughs and is a pleasure to read. I would certainly recommend it to a devotee of Wodehouse.
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When last seen, Monty Bodkin was on board an ocean liner with a cast of notables including Ivor Llewellyn, owner of the Superba- Llewellyn motion picture company in Hollywood, and his fiancée, Gertrude Butterwick. Her father, disapproving of the match, has forbidden the marriage unless Bodkin can hold down a job for twelve months. This Bodkin endeavoured to do by arranging for Llewellyn to take him on in his company. Now, however, Butterwick has decided that Bodkin got his position by foul means, and arbitrarily decides to discount it, meaning Bodkin must once again find paid employment for a year. Conveniently, Bodkin arranges to work for Llewellyn once again, this time as his secretary, needed because Llewellyn has decided to publish a history of his motion picture company. Meanwhile, Sandy Miller, who is in love with him, has got a post as Mrs Llewellyn's social secretary. Now staying in England at Mellingham Hall, they are joined by crooks Dolly and Soapy Molloy, and Chimp Twist, the last once more posing as private detective J. Sheringham Adair, with Mrs Llewellyn's prize pearls as their target. Monty soon realises that he returns Sandy's feelings, but how is he to break the news to la Butterwick?
Written in 1972 to mark his ninety-first birthday, Wodehouse is still in fine comic form. Some aspects of the story echo "Money in the Bank". Monty Bodkin is one of the master's most agreeable creations.
Written in 1972 to mark his ninety-first birthday, Wodehouse is still in fine comic form. Some aspects of the story echo "Money in the Bank". Monty Bodkin is one of the master's most agreeable creations.
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