Right, Ho Jeeves !!
Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
From the dining halls of Brinkley court comes a story of love, friendship and newts told by the greatest British comic writers of all time. To quote one of the principal protagonist, this story is “fraught with interest”.
Trust Bertie Wooster to mess things up. Wooster descends upon Brinkley court with the explicit intention of mending broken hearts and purses. Needless to say, he fails spectacularly at both and antagonizes one and all in the process. The goofy Wooster takes up the arduous task of “fixing up” the even goofier Gussie Fink-Nottle with the goofiest Madeleine Bassett. What ensues is utter carnage as ‘Spink-Bottle’ can’t get past his passion for newts while professing his love for her. In a bid to wriggle out of his duties, Wooster tasks the hapless Gussie with making a speech at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School. What follows is a tour de force of comic writing as Gussie(a teetotaler up until then), to counter a case of the butterflies, gulps down copious amounts of alcohol right before the speech.
On another front, Wooster, with his wondrous instinct for the regrettable takes upon himself the task of reconciling Tuppy and Angela much to the consternation of Aunt Dahlia. As is often the case, the plan backfires, causing needless enragement, estrangement and engagement. Faced with disaster on all fronts, Bertie grudgingly yields to his Butler’s superior intellect who promptly fixes the situation leaving Bertie yet again in his debt.
This book contains the finest vignettes of comic writing ever to be put on paper. A must-read for anyone who aspires to be humorous.