A compilation of short stories that P.G. Wodehouse wrote. The main reason I bought this book is because of one story in here: the Rodney Has a Relapse story. Yes folks, this is the story where is slams A.A. Milne!!! A father decides to go into writing children's book using his son as an inspiration and it affects his entire social group. The worst thing about his obsession with writing, they all say, is that he's given up golf. Ridiculously hilarious story.
Oh! and not that I have anything against Milne, but come on, you know it has to be funny when someone makes fun of Pooh Bear! The other stories in this book are all fine, but Rodney's is the best one :D
What I Liked:
It's Wodehouse- so far I've enjoyed everything of his that I have read. You can go and read my previous posts on his work, I'm not writing them again ;)
What I Didn't Like:
This book was a little harder to sit down and read for an extended amount of time because it was all short stories. Once you finished a story you would think, "Ah that was nice. next book" but no. Same book, next chapter, and no plot thickening or deepening of the characters personalities. Good book, but not for long reading.
Favorite Quote:
"Timothy Bobbin has a canary.
As regards to it's sex opinions vary.
If it just goes tweet-tweet,
we shall call it Pete,
but if it lays an egg, we shall switch to Mary."
~ excerpt from Rodney Has a Relapse
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