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• Category:P G Wodehouse
  [[Category:Authors|Wodehouse, P G]]
  5 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:52, 24 October 2009
• Full Moon by P G Wodehouse
  |author= P G Wodehouse I have only read one P.G. Wodehouse novel before – a Jeeves one some years ago – but was eager to try anoth
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• Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse
  |author= P G Wodehouse ...two dimensional characters don't matter - this is the sublimely funny P G Wodehouse.
  4 KB (627 words) - 10:00, 23 January 2021
• Joy in the Morning by P G Wodehouse
  |author= P G Wodehouse ...Bertie from whatever creative, complicated and incredibly funny situations Wodehouse puts his characters through.
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• The Crime Wave at Blandings by P G Wodehouse
  |author=P G Wodehouse ...irst published in 1937 but still fresh as a daisy - a short piece from P G Wodehouse which doesn't involve Jeeves.
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• The Jeeves Collection, Vol 1 by P G Wodehouse
  |author=P G Wodehouse ...Age brought the realisation that you have to compromise and I came back to Wodehouse with a different mindset. The humour is gentle and subtle: there's never a
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• Category:P G Wodehouse
  [[Category:Authors|Wodehouse, P G]]
  5 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:52, 24 October 2009
• The Crime Wave at Blandings by P G Wodehouse
  |author=P G Wodehouse ...irst published in 1937 but still fresh as a daisy - a short piece from P G Wodehouse which doesn't involve Jeeves.
  2 KB (373 words) - 15:15, 23 March 2018
• Full Moon by P G Wodehouse
  |author= P G Wodehouse I have only read one P.G. Wodehouse novel before – a Jeeves one some years ago – but was eager to try anoth
  4 KB (608 words) - 09:55, 5 October 2020
• Joy in the Morning by P G Wodehouse
  |author= P G Wodehouse ...Bertie from whatever creative, complicated and incredibly funny situations Wodehouse puts his characters through.
  4 KB (599 words) - 13:57, 1 September 2020
• The Jeeves Collection, Vol 1 by P G Wodehouse
  |author=P G Wodehouse ...Age brought the realisation that you have to compromise and I came back to Wodehouse with a different mindset. The humour is gentle and subtle: there's never a
  3 KB (504 words) - 10:14, 23 January 2021
• Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks
  ...not been for the availability of the characters (as authorised by the P G Wodehouse estate) I doubt that Sebastian Faulks would have written such a story, so - I've always maintained that you didn't read [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]] for the plot. They were ''predictable'' but in the way that an excellent
  4 KB (618 words) - 13:17, 21 March 2018
• Mapp and Lucia Omnibus by E F Benson
  ...dy. It's a shame he's not better known, like [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]] - as Mapp and Lucia are easily on a comedy level with Jeeves and Wooster. ...a for comedy genius - we have a great review of [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse]] on the site.
  3 KB (522 words) - 11:37, 23 March 2018
• Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse
  |author= P G Wodehouse ...two dimensional characters don't matter - this is the sublimely funny P G Wodehouse.
  4 KB (627 words) - 10:00, 23 January 2021
• Save Our Shop by Michael Roll
  ...a hug or a good talking to. Much in the way of [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|Wodehouse]] the characters are entirely two-dimensional - more would be over-egging t If farce appeals to you then do have a look at [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse]].
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• Conference at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
  ...rning by P G Wodehouse|Joy in the Morning]], or any of his [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|other novels]].
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• Bobbles & Plum: Four Satirical Playlets by Bertram Fletcher Robinson and PG Wodehouse by Paul R Spiring (Editor)
  ...obbles & Plum: Four Satirical Playlets by Bertram Fletcher Robinson and PG Wodehouse |summary= Four satirical playlets by Robinson and Wodehouse, first published between 1904 and 1907 but never in book form until now, an
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• The Aylesford Skull by James P Blaylock
  |author=James P Blaylock ...ics have likened Blaylock’s writing style to [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]].
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• Pushing Up Daisies (Agatha Raisin) by M C Beaton
  ...a convoluted mystery any more than you read [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]] for the plot. The body count is high (there ought to be a health warning
  4 KB (653 words) - 16:22, 19 September 2020
• A Rock and a High Place by Dan Mooney
  ...ing]] and [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse|Thank you, Jeeves]] by P.G. Wodehouse epitomises this genre wonderfully.
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• The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
  ...[[:Category:David Mitchell|David Mitchell]], [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]], [[:Category:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams]], Raymond Chandler even [[:Cate
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• Ne Obliviscaris: Do Not Forget by Margaret Henderson Smith
  ...of slapstick humour which you find in [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse|Wodehouse]]. The plot's perhaps a little more complex and unpredictable (I really wa
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• Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
  ...murder mystery with an understated humour. Think Agatha Christie meets P G Wodehouse and wins. Great fun. ...now who Allingham claimed as her influencers but [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|Wodehouse]] tinkles quietly in the background, not least in the absurd names she give
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• Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
  ...althy rather than outrageously so, offers a counterpoint to the Mitford or Wodehouse worlds with their aristocratic characters who travel the world and mingle w For more excellent English humour, try [[Full Moon by P G Wodehouse]] and [[Snobs by Julian Fellowes]]
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• The Luck of the Vails by E F Benson
  ...ters sparkle with nonsense conversation and semi-satirical wit, beloved of Wodehouse, but his plot is tight and twisted and serious in Allingham or Christie vei
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• Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer by Wesley Stace
  ...in England before, during and just after the Great War. Comparisons with Wodehouse are overstated and much of the humour will pass you by unless you understan ...ndling of dry comic dialogue and cynical affectation is reminiscent of P G Wodehouse… an intelligent, fun and thoughtful piece of fiction [Independent on Sund
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• Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
  ...I recommend any of the Jeeves series – such as [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse]]?
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• Bird Brain by Guy Kennaway
  ...of such poor quality so badly shot up they can't even be turned into cheap pâté. ...e then I reckon you should return to master: [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]] still can't be beaten.
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• The Wilt Inheritance by Tom Sharpe
  ...of farce, on the lighter side of the genre, try [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse]].
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• The Turn of the Tide by Margaret Henderson Smith
  ...something goes wrong, creating situations which are the love child of P G Wodehouse and Frank Spencer of ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em''.
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• The Voyage of the Dolphin by Kevin Smith
  ...l of the whole piece is Jerome K Jerome meets [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]] meets mischievous Kevin Smith. Mischievous? Oh yes! He's a great one f
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Chris Worthington
  ...vels, and occasionally the Jeeves novels by [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P.G. Wodehouse]]. The book which has made the most impact on me though is a scientific wor
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• Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman
  enjoy [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse]] though.
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• Cashel Byron's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
  ...lighthearted, old fashioned comedy will enjoy [[Joy in the Morning by P G Wodehouse]]
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• The Yips by Nicola Barker
  In the blurb Nicola Barker is likened to [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]. Although she's as adept at pacing humour as PG was, NB has greater bread
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• J.M. Coetzee: A life in writing by J C Kannemeyer
  ...ad. Unless Coetzee turns out to be another [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P.G. Wodehouse]] still writing and publishing new books into his nineties, this will almos
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• Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan: His Life and Character by Andrew Crowther
  ...morist of the next generation, the youthful [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P.G. Wodehouse]], noted after one encounter with the elder man in his later years that ''e
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• Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King's Daughter by Simon Brett
  ...fferent from any Blackadder word wrangling, and [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse|Jeeves and Wooster]], to make their quickly defined characters very enjoyab
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• The Herring In The Library by L C Tyler
  ...oes The Bride by M C Beaton|Agatha Raisin]] and [[Thank You, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse|Bertie Wooster]]. Add a dash of [[Agatha Christie]], and you have a fair id
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• Death Makes A Prophet by John Bude
  ...Agatha Christie|Christie-crime]] as re-worked by [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|Wodehouse]]. We know that there is going to be a murder – the title itself gives
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• Man Booker Prize 2012
  ...[[:Category:David Mitchell|David Mitchell]], [[:Category:P G Wodehouse|P G Wodehouse]], [[:Category:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams]], Raymond Chandler even [[:Cate
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• One Morning Like A Bird by Andrew Miller
  ...entirely in keeping with the times (at least as we Western readers of P G Wodehouse and Agatha Christie have been conditioned to think of them).
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