The Code Of The Woosters
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 6th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
What happens when an amiable, silver-tongued young man of leisure is blackmailed into stealing a policeman's helmet, outwitting a proto-fascist country squire, and navigating the treacherous romantic entanglements of his perpetually engaged friends? The Code of the Woosters plunges the hapless Bertie Wooster headlong into one of his most elaborate catastrophes yet, as a seemingly routine visit to Totleigh Towers unravels into a glorious tangle of stolen notebooks, outraged aunts, and the sinister machinations of Roderick Spode — self-appointed leader of the Black Shorts movement — all while Bertie's inimitable manservant, Jeeves, waits coolly in the wings. P. G. Wodehouse, at the absolute height of his comic powers, constructs a masterpiece of timing, wit, and verbal dexterity that has cemented its place as one of the finest comic novels in the English language. First published in 1938, the novel presents a razor-sharp, satirical broadside against the fascist movements sweeping Europe, wrapped in the most exquisitely light-footed prose imaginable. Wodehouse's genius lies in his ability to make the utterly absurd feel inevitable, and the interplay between the bumbling Bertie and the omniscient Jeeves remains one of literature's great double acts. Whether you are a lifelong devotee or a first-time reader, one question will linger long after the final page: how on earth does Jeeves always know?
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: 6th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
What happens when an amiable, silver-tongued young man of leisure is blackmailed into stealing a policeman's helmet, outwitting a proto-fascist country squire, and navigating the treacherous romantic entanglements of his perpetually engaged friends? The Code of the Woosters plunges the hapless Bertie Wooster headlong into one of his most elaborate catastrophes yet, as a seemingly routine visit to Totleigh Towers unravels into a glorious tangle of stolen notebooks, outraged aunts, and the sinister machinations of Roderick Spode — self-appointed leader of the Black Shorts movement — all while Bertie's inimitable manservant, Jeeves, waits coolly in the wings. P. G. Wodehouse, at the absolute height of his comic powers, constructs a masterpiece of timing, wit, and verbal dexterity that has cemented its place as one of the finest comic novels in the English language. First published in 1938, the novel presents a razor-sharp, satirical broadside against the fascist movements sweeping Europe, wrapped in the most exquisitely light-footed prose imaginable. Wodehouse's genius lies in his ability to make the utterly absurd feel inevitable, and the interplay between the bumbling Bertie and the omniscient Jeeves remains one of literature's great double acts. Whether you are a lifelong devotee or a first-time reader, one question will linger long after the final page: how on earth does Jeeves always know?