The two main characters of the book are college-educated Americans. It is the subplot in the last half of the story involving gangs and their guns that makes it almost unbelievable that this is Wodehouse. Although comedic, the real level of danger presented to the characters is great, especially in comparison with later novels in which danger is usually in the form of an evil aunt who threatens to cut off the money supply. The novel is written in perfect Wodehouse’s comic style, and it’s definit
...ely worth reading.
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