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Psmith in the City

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Even before the days of Dilbert, people had Issues with their place of employment.

Imagine how Mike Jackson, an outdoorsy young man and keen cricket player, must feel when he's sentenced to spend his days buried in the dusty offices of a City bank, and working under a Manager who doesn't like him at all, in the bargain.

Fortunately old school friend Psmith arrives to relieve the tension. This is a hero with the vocabulary, the class and the (surprisingly, for an English gentleman) rebelliousness to take on the Evil Forces of the New Asiatic Bank management -- and win.

Woodhouse is always a delightful read. His fabulous grasp of the English language (both Eton- and American-based), combined with his sense of absurd situations, draw the reader into a lost world of perfect English summers, where even the dullest plod shows more wit than any ten people you meet in real life.

And Psmith, easily my favourite of his characters, manages to charm his way out of any sticky situation, usually after having talked his way into them, of course. Please hurry up with the reprints!

I have an old edition of this book, and it is hilarious! I'd never benn able to get througfh Psmith before, 'cause I didn't understand Psmith Journalist or Leave it to Psmith. i just re read psmith in the city, and none of my friends (being teenagers, as I am one myself) can understand my fascination with books that were written before their parents were born, maybe even their grandparents. I can now proudly say that I like all of Wodehouse, except for Blandings. I can't quite seem to relate, even though Lord Emsworth is a dear.