P. G. Wodehouse (Thames and Hudson Literary Lives Series)

by Joseph Connolly

Book Overview

P G Wodehouse charmed 20th-century readers with his delightful tales recounting the bunglings of his endearing aristocrats, most famously Bertie Wooster and his cunning gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500274665
• ISBN13: 9780500274668
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Top Notch Photo-Biography of Plum (PG) Wodehouse!

THis small coffee table book will give you a great perspective on the great English comic writer PG Wodehouse, a very merry fellow and master of the English eccentric, who was still going strong well into his 90's. From his magazine beginings in England through working in Hollywood with the like of Gershwin and Cole Porter, and Fred and Ginger, his very controversial radio broadcastings in Germany during WW2, and going all the way into the 1970's, we are given a nice trip through Jeeves and Wooster, Psmith, Uncle Fred, and just about all PGW's immortal characters. So if you're fan of PG's, click to order a copy of one this book!

New Fans and Old Hands Will Both Take To This PGW Intro

Those new to PGW can find the going tough; you literally can't see the forest for the trees (well not literally). This brief (159 page)oversize intro in the Thames and Hudson Literary Lives series is drenched in beautiful b & w illustrations and peppered with lively prose. The best part, though, is the brief bibliography, which enables one to wade through the various editions and cross reference English and American titles, so you don't buy the same book under two different names. Rather than bog down his biography, Connolly has kept just the good bits in this once over lightly tour of PGW's life and letters, which surely numbers among the best of the books on PGW.