Cocktail Time

In a Nutshell: Not his best by far. But I think I picked this up at the wrong time and hence will cut it some slack. This is the third book in the Uncle Fred series. A seemingly innocuous Brazil nut aimed at a topper hat results in a controversial book being published, and a whole load of shenanigan Leggi tutto

3.8 Stars Uncle Fred is back in London, which means he has to do something to create a mess and fix it in his own way. The book starts with him popping off Sir Raymond Bastable's (Beefy) top hat with a Brazilian nut. Bastable is enraged and pours his opinions into a book published under a pseudonym. Leggi tutto

I returned to a P.G. Wodehouse after a gap of many years. I know what to expect in his novels and this did not disappoint! Uncle Fred (Lord Ickenham) hears about how a guy used a catapult to shoot brazil nuts at others. He decides to have a go himself and he has a clean shot – taking off the hat of R Leggi tutto

Another PGW winner P.G. Wodehouse is the funniest writer of the past century. Wodehouse defies superlatives and is, for my money, the best comedic writer to ever put pen to paper. Despite being a confirmed Wodehousian this is only the second Uncle Fred novel I have read. According to Wikipedia the Un Leggi tutto

The Earl of Ickenham or to his friends Uncle Fred embarks on another hilarious escapade. This time Beefy Bastable is assisted. After writing a book called Cocktail Time he suddenly has a best seller but it would scupper his political aspirations. So his no hopper nephew Cosmos is persuaded to take c Leggi tutto

3.5 overall. An anomaly in the Wodehouse canon: overall I enjoyed it (it may be impossible to actually dislike a P.G. book) but, at the same time, something here feels... off.  It's not blatantly obvious - perhaps I noticed because I've read so many Wodehouse novels - but there's an underlying strain Leggi tutto