Plum Pie (Hardcover)

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Plum Pie is perhaps Wodehouse's best-loved short story collection--no surprise as it features a true Wodehouse trifecta--Jeeves, golf, and Blandings Castle.

About the Author

PG Wodehouse was born on the 15th October 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, England He was educated at Dulwich College between 1894 & 1900, and in 1900 he entered the employ of the Hong Kong & Shanghai bank at GBP80 per year. He began writing articles for various newspapers & periodicals In 1902 he resigned from the bank, and in the same year his 1st novel The Pothunters was published. 'Plum' then wrote many highly successful novels as well as musicals, and in 1929 he signed a contract to work as a screenwriter in Hollywood After several years in Britain, he moved back to to the USA permanently. In 1974 his last complete novel Aunts aren't Gentlemen was published, and in 1975 he was knighted by the Queen. On the 14th Feb 1975 Plum died in hospital "after a good morning's work on his latest novel" --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Overlook Hardcover; First Edition edition (March 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590200101
• ISBN-13: 978-1590200100
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #397,911 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an excellent collection, July 21, 2008

By	Margaret Johnston (Seabeck, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Plum Pie is a particularly good Wodehouse collection. There's a Jeeves and Wooster story, a couple of Blandings stories, two about Bertie's friend Bingo Little, and other assorted tales. The standout is probably "Life with Freddie", a long story about Freddie Threepwood (son of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle) and zany goings-on aboard a ship from England to New York. Interspersed with the stories are selections from Wodehouse's column (for Punch, I think) "Our Man in America", which are very funny bits of odd news, told in the inimitable Wodehouse style.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nine delicious tales, November 27, 2008

By	Sharilyn (Somewhere in Time and Space) - See all my reviews

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This is another splendid volume in the Wodehouse Collector's series.

First published in 1966, this book features appearances from Wodehouse's most popular characters. Stories include:

Jeeves and the Greasy Bird (To help out a chum, Bertie hires an actress to play his finance)

Sleep Time (a golf themed story)

Sticky Wicket at Blandings (Lord Emsworth must steal a dog from a neighbour)

Ukridge Starts a Bank Account (Ukridge tries his hand at selling antiques)

Bingo Bans the Bomb (Bingo Little concocts a plan to prove he was arrested)

Stylish Stouts (Bingo's financial future rests on his rather rotund relatives)

George and Alfred (Mr Mulliner relates the sad tale of his twin nephews)

A Good Cigar is a Smoke (To wed the girl of dreams, Lancelot Bingley must give up smoking)

Life with Freddie (novella length tale of Freddie Threepwood's efforts to sell dog biscuits and help out his friends)

Interspersed between the stories are Wodehouse's ("Our Man in America") comments on American news. The book ends with two poems, "Time Like an Ever-rolling Stream" and "Printer's Error" and a brief essay on humour.

I am a big fan of Wodehouse's work. As all but one of the stories was new to me, I practically devoured the book. "Sticky Wicket at Blandings" and "Life with Freddie" are my favourites, but all of the stories are well-written and very amusing.

Recommended for all Wodehouse fans.

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