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The Code Of The Woosters (1938)

by P.G. Wodehouse(Favorite Author)

4.37 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0393339815 (ISBN13: 9780393339819)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

series

Jeeves

review 1: To overcome the hangover of thriller and mystery novels... I was browsing for some lite, humorous novel to read and came across this book. Going through the review and summary, I found it worth spending some time on.Well... Wooster, the protagonist, is a guy whose adventures and doings will definitely make you giggle. You can't even imagine how a small thing can bring so much trouble. After reading what happens when you go looking for a cow creamer, I do not want to buy one.For the Indian readers I'll say, this book is like a Priyadarshan's movie... One after the other the protagonist finds himself in a complex yet funny situation. He is like a magnet for all the problems in the world, you name it and Bertram Wooster will say "Oh!! I know, I've been through it".I won't ... morecall this book hilarious but definitely it will tickle you. Initially I didn't knew there were so many books on Wooster's adventures but after reading this one, I'll surely grab another book on Wooster when I feel like reading something lite and funny.
review 2: Aunt Dahlia orders Bertie to go to an antique shop to sneer at a cow creamer that she wants for half the price. Sir Watkyn acquires the cow creamer and takes it to Totleigh Towers. Bertie is on his way to Totleigh to try and fix relations between his friend Gussie Fink Nottle and Madeline Bassett. Aunt Dahlia has ordered Bertie to steal the cow creamer. Stiffy Byng gets Bertie embroiled in her romantic yearnings for the curate 'Stinker' Pinker. Meanwhile Gussie has lost his diary in which he lampoons Sir Watkyn and Spode a fascist bent on violence. The plot is a twisting turning delight of reversals and counter reversals. Recommended by Christopher Hitchens in an essay I read in his collection 'Arguably' where he discusses Wodehouse's politics. Anyone who is having withdrawal symptoms after finishing the plays of Oscar Wilde will enjoy Wodehouse. Wodehouse barely seems to reference Wilde, the only obvious connection I could find was Jeeves membership of the Ganymede Club on Curzon Street. Colm Toibin would enjoy Wodehouses' employment of Aunts of agents of plot.My favourite moments involved Gussie's method of gaining a new found confidence. I enjoyed the character of Stiffy Byng and her playful nature. Wodehouse is an accomplished writer. What appears as simple is actually a very complicated interconnected plot. He is definitely up there with the funniest writers in the English language. The prose is wonderful, he employs ingenious phrases laced with quick silver wit. I was charmed by this Edwardian society where social status, old money aristocracy and high diction are extent.The plot and the writing is brilliant you couldn't ask for more. Slapstick, farce, genial word play, it's just too good. Well I'll leave it there. As Stephen Fry says 'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' less

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