Book description
A Jeeves and Wooster novel
Bertie Wooster has been overdoing metropolitan life a bit, and the
doctor orders fresh air in the depths of the country. But after moving
with Jeeves to his cottage at Maiden Eggesford, Bertie soon finds
himself surrounded by aunts - not only his redoubtable Aunt Dahlia but
an aunt of Jeeves's too. Add a hyper-sensitive racehorse, a very
important cat and a decidedly bossy fiancée - and all the ingredients
are present for a plot in which aunts can exert their terrible
authority. But Jeeves, of course, can cope with everything - even
aunts, and even the country. The final Jeeves and Wooster novel shows
P. G. Wodehouse still able to delight, well into his nineties.
The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves,
Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P. G.
Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two
years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer,
contributing to a variety of periodicals. As well as his novels and
short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies, and at one stage
had five shows running simultaneously on Broadway. At the age of 93, in
the New Year's Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue
Knighthood, only to die on St Valentine's Day some 45 days later.
