Book description
A Jeeves and Wooster novel
At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect
village of King's Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime
example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie
Fink-Nottle by impersonating him while he enjoys fourteen days away
from society after being caught taking an unscheduled dip in the
fountains of Trafalgar Square. Bertie is of course one of nature's
gentlemen, but the stakes are high: if all is revealed, there's a
danger that Gussie's simpering fiancée Madeline may turn her wide
eyes on Bertie instead.
It's a brilliant plan - until Gussie himself turns up, imitating
Bertram Wooster. After that, only the massive brain of Jeeves (himself
in disguise) can set things right.
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.
