Leave it to Psmith - P G Wodehouse

What better to start this blog by writing a review for one of my all time favourite books by one of my all time favourite authors.

To begin with, a couple of lines for those who do not know P G Wodehouse and are expecting a review on the author. You have not lived. P G Wodehouse is one of the best romantic comedy writers of all times, with a flair for language that will lighten you up in any situation. My doctor has issued me a serious warning that when I am in public and reading Wodehouse, I should tell them so lest an unsuspecting crowd should see my regular giggles and laughter and declare me insane.

Anyway, onto Psmith. The debate about the favourite Wodehouse-ian character is endless, still Psmith is always one of the forerunners. Or rather, the only forerunner apart from Mulliner and Jeeves, because all other liked Wodehousian charachters are liked for they being back-runners, be it Bertie Wooster or Lord Emsworth or any other member of the Drones club or Anglers' Rest.

The book is P G Wodehouse at his best (I'll say that of course because this is the book I am reviewing). It has all the ingredients of a classic Wodehouse plot. It has strict aunts who are disapproving of thier nephews and nieces, it has a member of Peerage whose sanity can at best be called questionable, it has young members of nobility who have not done one ounce of work in life and yet seem to think they know all about life, it has a string of events where someone needs something, then steals it, then someone else steals from him/ her, then loses it and so on, it has a beautiful girl who first rejects, then accepts and then rejects our man, Psmith.

But most important of all, it has Psmith. The man who is the solution for everything. Unlike Jeeves, who HAS the solution for everything, Psmith is the solution himself. That he is most often the problem himself is irrelevant to this review. Psmith is the hero, the detective, the burglar, the romanic, the practical-guy, the problem and the solution. You are bound to fall in love with the smooth guy.

And if you thin all I have said above is senseless words, I would agree. Go read the book, I can't write as well as Wodehouse. And I didn't want to talk about the plot.

Recommendation - GO read it.

Rating - YYYYY
Rating Guide - More Ys means good. Best book gets 5 hearts, worst gets 1. I don't review books which don't deserve even 1 heart