Book description
A Golf collection
From his favourite chair on the terrace above the ninth hole, The
Oldest Member tells a series of hilarious golfing stories. From
Evangeline, Bradbury Fisher's fifth wife and a notorious 'golfing
giggler', to poor Rollo Podmarsh whose game was so unquestionably
inept that 'he began to lose his appetite and would moan feebly at the
sight of a poached egg', the game of golf, its players and their
friends and enemies are here shown in all their comic glory. One of
Wodehouse's funniest books, The Heart of Goof is a collection
of peerlessly comic short stories.
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.
