The Jeeves Omnibus - Vol 5: (Jeeves & Wooster)

Poor Bertie is in the soup again and throughout this latest omnibus it is only Jeeves who keeps him from being the fish and the main course as well. In these delightful pages you will encounter all the stalwarts who have made the Jeeves novels and short stories the pinnacle of English humour from Aunts Agatha and Dahlia to Roderick Spode Tuppy Glossop Madeline Bassett Oofy Prosser and Anatole the Chef. At the end even Augustus the cat has come to be much obliged to Jeeves. This volume containsMuch Obliged JeevesAunts Arent Gentlemen and the short stories Extricating Young Gussie Jeeves Makes An Omelette and Jeeves and the Greasy Bird. Review The gold standard of English wit … There is not and never will be anything to touch him -- Christopher HitchensThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper -- Hugh LaurieFor as long as Im immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book its possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far far nicer funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day -- Marian Keyes About the Author P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings Mr Mulliner Ukridge and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines includingPunch over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world.