About the Author

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as 'Plum') wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language.

Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler's Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club.

In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine's Day.

Reviews

First published in 1937, this book contains nine mostly excellent Wodehouse stories, including the delightful and unusually long "Crime Wave at Blandings," in which Emsworth, his sister, and his butler all lose their heads when left alone with an air rifle. The other pieces include three stories about the wonderfully inventive and unprincipled Ukridge, three golf stories told by the Oldest Member, and stories about Freddie Widgeon and the Drones Club. It's all great stuff, faultlessly read by British actor Nigel Lambert and sure to please Wodehouse's many fans. If there is a fault in this production, it is the failure of the publisher to list the book's contents on either the cassettes (wouldn't that be convenient!) or the package. No one not already familiar with the book will know exactly what's in it beforehand.ÄKent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.