Right Ho, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse

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As Wodehouse is certainly not SFF I'm not sure I should post this here, but, what the heck, I'm posting pretty much everything I read so I shall continue

Another hilarious romp in the company of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, though this one has most of its focus on Bertie’s ineptitude rather than Jeeves’ brilliance. The string of mishaps and catastrophes that result from Bertie’s well-intentioned interference on behalf of his friends and relatives are quite simply priceless and, as usual, Wodehouse totally immerses his readers in a world long past (if it ever really existed).

My only complaint was a very weak ending. As usual Jeeves saves the day and sorts everything out but in this case the reader does not even get to witness the proceedings and, as related to Bertie, they are sadly glib and unlikely. It felt like the book was all about Bertie’s bungling and that the final resolution was not of sufficient importance to be worth spending time over.

So, a poor ending but the journey there was so much fun that I can forgive it and still rate the book a very good four out of five stars.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

It's fantasy of a high comic order

All Jeeves' books are involving Bertie's bungling.

There were (and still are to a small extent!) Gentleman's Gentlemen. Aspects are exaggerated. My Wife's Great Aunts were not totally dissimilar to Bertie's Aunts and the Blandings Aunts. Or they may have been émigré White Russians. The Engagement Shower back in Jan 1979 was pretty mad. In "the big house", maybe belonging to Great Aunt Dodo. In their youth the families had their own Tennis Courts etc. Teenagers in 1920s. They were prehistoric in 1979. My Mother-in-law is the last I think, one of the youngest, and only "married in". She got a letter from the Queen and the President just a while ago.

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Actually in my more serious SF, the Earth Woman is assigned a local "Assistant". The "Assistant", in local parlance, turns out to be more like female "Gentleman's Gentleman" (which a Lady's maid wasn't), Personal Assistant and Business partner concept than the Earth Woman's initial concept (a servant), she's certainly not a servant and far beyond an Employee. I was thinking of Jeeves when I "invented" her, though it's not a comedy.

So there you go, an SF connection

 

[Vertigo]

Well I wasn't too worried about it not being SFF; after all a Wodehouse thread was started recently!

Re the Bertie's bungling; yes I'm aware that always features highly but Jeeves' brilliance usually does as well, whereas in this book little is really seen of it.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Shortage of Fish?

 

[Vertigo]

Could be