Lägg till bokmärkeLeave It to Psmith
A debononair young Englishman, Psmith (“the p is silent, as in phthisis, psychic, and ptarmigan”) has quit the fish business, “even though there is money in fish,” and decided to support himself by doing anything that he is hired to do by anyone. Wandering in and out of romantic, suspenseful, and invariably hilarious situations, Psmith is in the great Wodehouse tradition.
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Wodehouse is the master of comic language and construction. Psmith is perhaps the most attractive of all his young men about town (though this is nothing against young Bertie Wooster), and this coming together of two of Plum's great "sagas", the Psmith saga and the Blandings saga, provides an exceptionally delightful read. In this, the second Blandings novel, we can see the great characters settling into their roles: Lord Emsworth the inspired ditherer, Lady Constance the rather au... (show more)
Wodehouse is the master of comic language and construction. Psmith is perhaps the most attractive of all his young men about town (though this is nothing against young Bertie Wooster), and this coming together of two of Plum's great "sagas", the Psmith saga and the Blandings saga, provides an exceptionally delightful read. In this, the second Blandings novel, we can see the great characters settling into their roles: Lord Emsworth the inspired ditherer, Lady Constance the rather aunt-like menace, the Efficient Baxter (aka Mr. Nosy Parker), Beach the Butler Supreme (though he is still a bit inclined to the Capital Letters that afflicted him in "Something Fresh"), and the incomparable Empress of Blandings. Psmith himself is in fine loquacious form, we have a charming heroine in Eve Halliday, and a very amusing pair of Wodehousian comic crooks speaking in what I imagine is the British conception of Runyonese ("All right, Eddie, pick up the Henries."). The novel is a nice blend of the triple threads of Wodehouse: comedy, romance, and even a bit of a detective story, all against one of PGW's more pleasant pastoral backgrounds. A marvelous romp! (show less)
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I love Psmith! No one can do superciliousness like Wodehouse. And the Canadian poet whose first line is "Across the pale parabola of joy..." - priceless!
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