This isn't as funny as I'd expected it to be, but it's a fun romp nonetheless and is worth reading if you're a Wodehouse enthusiast. Long live Smith the Bulldog! I only wish his had been a bigger role. ( )

current librivox book. ( )

Really 3.5. Love me some Wodehouse. ( )

Ho! ( )

Despite the occasional rambling paragraph, this is Wodehouse at his best. Here the author unleashes some of his funniest scenes and most appealing characters.

Sam isn’t your typical hero. He tells white lies and causes chaos to achieve his goals but is no less likeable for doing so.

Billie is a wonderful heroine and I understand Sam’s desire to marry her. Many of the dialogue exchanges between these two are fantastic.

For instance, the following is a snippet from a dinner scene where Billie discovers she already knew Sam’s father, while Sam - recently rebuffed by Billie - is doing his utmost to be cold and aloof:

>"I never dreamed Sir Mallaby was your father."
"I knew it all along," said Sam. ( )