Geevee's Reviews > The Inimitable Jeeves

Another enjoyable and funny Jeeves and Wooster. This edition has some cracking 1920s characters among them the Bright Young Things Claude and Eustace who get into all sorts of trouble pulling Bertie into their sphere too.

Bertie's old school chum and lifelong friend, Richard P. "Bingo" Little features heavily with good supporting parts from Bingo's uncle Lord Bittlesham, and Bertie's nemesis, his aunt Agatha.

There are some very funny episodes around betting which leads to scrapes, scams and of course a need for Jeeves to come to our hero's rescue. The betting on the village fete's races and the length of the nearby vicars' sermons is simply brilliant. As always. I love the dialogue between Bertie and his friends, and others, but most of all the conversations and remarks between him and Jeeves.

As with any Jeeves and Wooster, there is some love interest, which has at its centre Bingo in this book, and his ability to quickly find heaven's angel until something goes bally wrong again and again.

Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster are to me a very comfortable and warming read that pops me into the 1920s and 30s where stuff happens but rarely does anyone come a real cropper; well unless they deserve a little gentle punishment or embarrassment. Simply, good humorous writing of characters based on their times slightly stretched for comedic value.