Jeeves and the King of Clubs
Jeeves and the King of Clubs
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Published:
30 May, 2019
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'Peerless in its wit, elegance and silliness.’ Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A Sunday Times PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR
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Storm clouds loom over Europe. Treason is afoot in the highest social circles. The very security of the nation is in peril. Jeeves, it transpires, has long been an agent of British Intelligence, but now His Majesty's Government must turn to the one man who can help . . . Bertie Wooster.
'A most thrilling return of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster . . . it vibrates with the spirit and the rhythms of his heart.'
'Remarkably good . . . in its similes, pace and general zing, this yarn is eerily Wodehousian.'
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781787461000 |
| ISBN10 | 1787461009 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 226 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Cornerstone |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Peerless in its wit, elegance and silliness. It is the most successful homage to PG Wodehouse's Wooster and Jeeves stories to date. The footnotes are a joy of misplaced erudition. More of the same, please. -- Robert Fox * Evening Standard, BOOKS OF THE YEAR *
Schott rises to the occasion with a rebooting of one of literature’s great double acts that captures His Master’s voice and, above all, the famous Wodehouse rhythm... A brilliant conceit: a network of spies in livery, silently watching the movers and shakers. * The Times *
His sensitivity to the tics and cadences of his characters’ speech and ways of being is uncannily acute, and full of the same freshness and resonance of perception as Wodehouse’s own style. . . it vibrates with the spirit and rhythms of [Wodehouse’s] heart -- Matthew Adams * Sunday Times *
An amusing and well-written homage to the master . . . Schott excels with a series of similes and metaphors every bit as striking as those Wodehouse came up with. A delight to read. * Observer *
A most thrilling return of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster. * Sunday Times *
Impossible to read without grinning idiotically. Tinkety-tonk! -- Mark Sanderson * Evening Standard *
A glorious procession of high jinks -- Louis Wise * Sunday Times *
Highly recommended * Daily Express *
Remarkably good… in its similes, pace and general zing, this yarn is eerily Wodehousian. Blisteringly well done. -- Quentin Letts * Daily Mail *
A true delight. * Vanity Fair *
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Author's Bio
Ben Schott is the creator and designer of the international bestseller Schott’s Original Miscellany and its three sequels. He subsequently published a series of Schott’s Almanacs, a collection of German neologisms – Schottenfreude – and two authorized homages to P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and The King of Clubs and Jeeves and The Leap of Faith. Together, these books have sold some 2.5 million copies in 21 languages (including Braille). Ben has written for the Times, The Telegraph, The New York Times, The Spectator, The Guardian, Private Eye, Reader’s Digest and The Paris Review, among others. In 2004 he won a D&AD Pencil for Creative Excellence, and in 2015 he won the James Beard award for humour.