Robert McCrum’s biography of P.G. Wodehouse (the celebrated English author of more than 90 books, including the Jeeves and Psmith series), contains a few revelations. For one thing, Wodehouse had an ...
He worked at a bank but disliked the job, so he quit. He turned to writing light fiction, a decision that proved to be fortuitous: His short stories and novels were so good that he became one of the ...
He was an English author and one of the most widely read humourists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves; the immaculate and ...
The life and art of P. G. Wodehouse. For Mr. Wodehouse there has been no fall of Man; no “aboriginal calamity.” His characters have never tasted the forbidden fruit. They are still in Eden. The ...