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Biographical note
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, including Punch, 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'.It's dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him
- John Humphrys,
For as long as I'm immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it's 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,
Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already
- Lynne Truss,
The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!
- Kate Mosse,
Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists
- Susan Hill,
P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection
- Julian Fellowes,
A genius ... Elusive, delicate but lasting
- Alan Ayckbourn,
P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit
- Christopher Hitchens,
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language
- Ben Schott,
Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny
- Adele Parks,
A P.G. Wodehouse novel
Young Jerry West has a few problems. His uncle Crispin is broke and employs a butler who isn't all he seems. His other uncle Willoughby is rich but won't hand over any of his inheritance. And to cap it all, although already engaged, Jerry has just fallen in love with the wonderful Jane Hunnicutt, whom he's just met on jury service. But she's an heiress, and that's a problem too - because even if he can extricate himself from his grasping fiancée Jerry can't be a gold-digger.
Enter The Girl in Blue - a Gainsborough miniature which someone has stolen from Uncle Willoughby. Jerry sets out on a mission to find her - and somehow hilariously in the process everything comes right.
Enter The Girl in Blue - a Gainsborough miniature which someone has stolen from Uncle Willoughby.