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This tangled web is a step down from the first four Jeeves and Wooster novels in no small part because there isn't nearly enough Jeeves in the book. He makes cameo appearances throughout, but in many ways, this is really a Drones novel with Gussie Fink-Nottle and Catsmeat Pirbright playing significant roles. In the end, Jeeves makes his presence felt as the four couples involved all play their parts in the Mating Season. For me, this was a couple too far, but it did contribute to the mad cap qua
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Even before checking copyright page, I notice a difference in tone between Wodehouse earlier and later (say post WWII) books. The later books feel a bit more tired, a bit more recycled, less vital. I am running out of the earlier books (sobs...) and anyway this was irresistibly calling my name wanting to be read. It´s weaker somehow than the 1930s Jeeves books, but still hilarious. Bertie pretends to be Gussie, Gussie pretends to be Bertie, their friend Catsmeat pretends to be Bertie´s valet. We
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