"Wodehouse needs no superlatives. If you're not yet hooked, this is as good a place to start as any, if only because the irrepressible Stiffy Byng makes her presence felt."
"This is the first volume of the Raj Quartet. Scott is usually compared to Forster and undeservedly relegated to second place. Forster was admittedly excellent but Scott is just as good, if not better."
"Rushdie's books are exceedingly clever and entertaining ... and utterly fantastic. He no doubts reserves his indomitable common sense for his essays."