If I Were You [Paperback]

P. G. Wodehouse (Author), D. R. Bensen (Designer)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1989

An unflinchingly hard-hitting Wodehousian look at the dual themes of hair restoration and heir restoration. This richly comic 1931 novel is one of the master's rarest works.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: International Polygonics (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558820582
• ISBN-13: 978-1558820586
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,865,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wodehose at his usual excellent clip - plot summary, January 2, 1998

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Andre Guirard - See all my reviews

This review is from: If I Were You (Paperback)

Things get hairy when it's discovered that a peer and a barber were Switched At Birth. Now that they're grown up, is it too late to switch them back?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Who's Who?, May 8, 2010

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R. Chaffey "beckahi" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If I Were You (Paperback)

P.G. Wodehouse was a master of humorous storytelling. Best known for his works about Jeeves and Wooster, his stories that do not focus on these famous characters are just as entertaining - if not more so. "If I Were You" is a laugh-out-loud funny tale of two men having been switched at birth and trying to figure out if amends can be made almost thirty years later.

Tony Droitwich, the Earl of Droitwich, leads a happy-go-lucky existence and has just proposed to a rich young woman who will help shore up the Droitwich foundation. His Aunt Lydia and Uncle Herbert couldn't be more pleased. If only it wasn't for Tony's former nanny, Ma Price, and her impudent son Syd; for Syd is an annoying socialist barber in the making, and Nannie Price threatens to tell everyone the truth about the two boys - that Syd is the true Earl of Droitwich and that Tony is her son. Pressed against a wall, the family decides to give Syd a try, hoping to make the prospect of being an earl so hateful to him that he will give up his claim. Tony, meanwhile, fills in at Syd's post in the barber shop and finds himself liking the simpler life. Will things work out for the happiness of both parties?

"If I Were You" is a fast-paced and enjoyable read. Just when it seems that all dastardly plots have been achieved, Wodehouse springs a new twist at the reader. While definitely dated, or more like encapsulated in time, Wodehouse's humor is timeless and efervescent. It is a great find for those who can lay their hands on a copy of this rare comic work.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars P.G. Wodehouse is like vintage champagne, October 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: If I Were You (Paperback)

Reading P.G.Wodehouse is like going through life after drinking two glasses of champagne. His world is one where everyone would like to live, he is as absurd and as hilarious as life itself. His stories make one giggle; they take one back to that place where everything turns out right, the same state of mind one had when one was five years old. He is as light as a feather, yet his command of the language is uncanny. Wodehouse is addictive!