Young Men in Spats
“Sublime comic genius”—Ben EltonThese eleven stories describe the misadventures of the delightfully idle “Eggs,” “Beans,” and “Crumpets” that populate the Drones club: young men wearing spats, starting spats, and landing in sticky spots. For the first of his many appearances in the Wodehouse...
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“Sublime comic genius”—Ben EltonThese eleven stories describe the misadventures of the delightfully idle “Eggs,” “Beans,” and “Crumpets” that populate the Drones club: young men wearing spats, starting spats, and landing in sticky spots. For the first of his many appearances in the Wodehouse canon, Uncle Fred comes to what he believes to be the rescue.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393345360 (039334536X)
Publish date: July 1st 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 233
Edition language: English
Series: Uncle Fred
I say! I say! Oh, jolly good! :D As always, Wodehouse brings us wonderful British comedy. Young men in Spats comprises stories concerning guys from the Drone Club. I still enjoy Wooster & Jeeves' stories a little bit more, but they are all great, so I can't complain :) [I'm counting this for the...
I love Wodehouse's irreverent portrayal of the British upper class, of which he was a member.
Oh I say! Yes, jolly good, this! *nonsensical ejaculation!-cough-mutter* Another rollicking good time with the, ah, inane rich gentlemen of yesteryear - capital chaps! *throat-clearing tick* as, ah, as penned by the prolific P.G. Wodehouse...Sir Pelham Grenville, "Plum" as we called him back in good...