- Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (10 Dec 1970)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140032142
- ISBN-13: 978-0140032147
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.9 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 513,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Cosy Moments" did not have a reputation for being controversial.
About the Author
PG Wodehouse was born on the 15th October 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, England He was educated at Dulwich College between 1894 & 1900, and in 1900 he entered the employ of the Hong Kong & Shanghai bank at GBP80 per year. He began writing articles for various newspapers & periodicals In 1902 he resigned from the bank, and in the same year his 1st novel The Pothunters was published. 'Plum' then wrote many highly successful novels as well as musicals, and in 1929 he signed a contract to work as a screenwriter in Hollywood After several years in Britain, he moved back to to the USA permanently. In 1974 his last complete novel Aunts aren't Gentlemen was published, and in 1975 he was knighted by the Queen. On the 14th Feb 1975 Plum died in hospital "after a good morning's work on his latest novel"
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
Psmith is my favourite Wodehouse character, and this is his most exciting adventure. Here he is in New York, accompanying his friend Michael Jackson who is in the country on a cricket tour. Bored during his friend-s freqeunt absences, he finds himself a new interest, when he meets Billy Windsor, acting editor of a bland little family paper called 'Cosy Moments'. Billy has been left in charge while the real editor is away on holiday, and he and Psmith decide to liven the magazine up. They start championing the cause of anew young boxer, Kid Brady, and they also take on the somewhat more dangerous task of attacking conditions in a slum neighbourhood, bringing down the wrath of some very powerful people on their heads. Fortunately, Billy Windsor has been instrumental in returning a beloved pet cat to Bat jarvis, leader of one of New York's toughest gangs, and he is very grateful, so they have a powerful ally. But is he powerful enough to save them from their enemies? This is a very untypical Wodehouse, with a hard-edged plot that deals with serious matters. The villains in this book are real villains, not comic ones. But it is still wonderfuly funny, and Pmsith himself passes through the book like a modern-day Pimpernel, sauve, elegant and mocking, his languid, ironic manner hiding the man of steel underneath. There are some genuinely exciting scenes and hairsbreadth escapes in this book, making you wonder if wodehouse's style could have taken him in a different direction to write thrillers. This audio version is superbly read by Johnathan Cecil, who does a wonderful Psmith, and brings all the other characters to life too, I particularly like his Bat Jarvis and Kit Brady. This is an unusual but wonderful Wodehouse.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
It is a debatable point as to which is Wodehouse's finest creation. Some say its Jeeves and Wooster, others, Blandings, and Mulliner, and so on. I am a huge Wodehouse fan, and I believe Psmith was a fine creation, by a budding novelist. With the Psmith stories, PG Wodehouse signalled the end of his school stories, and the beginning of his marvellous career as the finest English comic authour of the century, combining plot character, and language, so brilliantly.
Psmith is a precursor to Jeeves. He is suave, sophisticated, and a socialist. This doesn't in any way dter the quality of the character. The P is silent in his name (like in Psocialism, or Psoccer) and some of the characters believe he speaks too much. Indeed, Mike Jackson even falls asleep while Psmith is talking, towards the end of this book.
Psmith Journalist is the third Psmith novel. It continues where Psmith in the city left off, with Mike and Psmith in America, Mike playing cricket, and Psmith tagging along.
With nothing much to do, Psmith begins his joyride by becoming the substitute editor of a formerly family oriented newspaper, called Cosy Moments. Along with his assistant, they turn it into a hard hitting journal, with quality journalism, and with it, its readership doubles.
It is a fine novel to read, even if you are unaware of the character of Psmith. Indeed, this is a fine introduction into the world of Psmith, and more importantly, into the world of Wodehouse.
this book, like all other Wodehouses deserves more than five stars. It is definitely worth the money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mike and Psmith have come to America as Mike is on a cricket tour, it's not ready a credible plot I know but Wodehouse was clearly wanting to bring Psmith's insolence to possibly it's least sympathetic audience, the gangsters of New York. Apart from acting as Psmith's foil on arriving Mike doesn't feature in the book and leaves Psmith in New York with his new friend Billy Windsor, acting editor of New York Weekly `Cosy Moments'.
Psmith and Billy take no time changing the content of `Cosy Moments' from weekly fireside entertainment to hard hitting journalism, investigating the slum landlords of the tenements. The slum landlords are concerned about their business affairs entering the consciousness of the electorate (they are seeking re-election; as all corrupt American officials do) and so set the more notorious elements of the seedy New York underbelly on Psmith and company. As you can imagine Psmith despatches these gun touting ruffians with a well turned phrase and his sarcastic wit.
Psmith has possibly not progressed much from his tenure at a single sex school as in 'Mike and Psmith' and New York also appears to be exclusively populated by the male of the species, however if you can get over the implausibility of the story then it is an entertaining read. I don't know what's less plausible the gangsters running from Psmith of the American's inviting over an English cricket club.
Psmith and Billy take no time changing the content of `Cosy Moments' from weekly fireside entertainment to hard hitting journalism, investigating the slum landlords of the tenements. The slum landlords are concerned about their business affairs entering the consciousness of the electorate (they are seeking re-election; as all corrupt American officials do) and so set the more notorious elements of the seedy New York underbelly on Psmith and company. As you can imagine Psmith despatches these gun touting ruffians with a well turned phrase and his sarcastic wit.
Psmith has possibly not progressed much from his tenure at a single sex school as in 'Mike and Psmith' and New York also appears to be exclusively populated by the male of the species, however if you can get over the implausibility of the story then it is an entertaining read. I don't know what's less plausible the gangsters running from Psmith of the American's inviting over an English cricket club.
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Very funny
There are those who prefer Psmith to Jeeves and Wooster and, although I am not one of them, I can see their point. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Doc Barbara
Excellent stuff
My first P G Wodehouse and certainly not my last. A cracking story full of pace and humour. The character of Jarvis and the gang culture he inhabits falls somewhere between the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by kraney51
Psmith Journalist
Psmith Journalist is an early P G Wodehouse book, and, I feel, all the better for that. It takes place in America, rather than England, and is full of wonderfully drawn... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jacqueline Doyle
Psmith .... what fun
A good yarn with a twist ....... classic wodehouse with his marvellous turn of phrase .... and an eye for detail !!!
loved it .
loved it .
Published 10 months ago by K. N. Welch
A bit annoying.
Didn't really enjoy this. I found Psmith a bit annoying, him pre-fixing everyone's name with 'Comrade' began to grate after a while and the characterisation was a bit... Read more
Published on 7 April 2009 by Chris Chamberlain
Psmashing pstuff!
Only Wodehouse can combine humour, violence, and social commentary in such a way as to delight the reader. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2009 by Adrenalin Streams
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