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The Heart of A Goof
P.G. Wodehouse
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Description for The Heart of A Goof
Hardcover. Presents the full range of humanity in fair weather and foul. In nine of Wodehouse's ripest stories from the 1920s, the characters are united by their worship of golf, from Rodney Spelvin, the romantic poet who comes to his senses when he discovers the game, to Rollo Podmarsh, who finishes his round even when he thinks himself fatally poisoned. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
In nine of Wodehouse's ripest stories from the 1920s, the characters are united by their worship of golf. From Rodney Spelvin, the sickeningly good-looking romantic poet who comes to his senses when he discovers the game, to Rollo Podmarsh, who finishes his round even when he thinks himself fatally poisoned, and Chester Meredith who discovers eloquence on the eighteenth green, we meet the full range of humanity in fair weather and foul.
P.G. Wodehouse is recognised as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century. His characters and settings have entered our language and our mythology. Launched on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Series
Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841591452
SKU
V9781841591452
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Ref
99-99
About P.G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) is widely regarded as the greatest comic writer of the 20th century. Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including ... Read more
Reviews for The Heart of A Goof
Nothing will ever dim the brilliance of Wodehouse's world or flatten his ever-sprightly and always entertaining prose
John Mortimer
The Sunday Times
What can one say about Wodehouse? He exhausts superlatives. I am not alone in believing he has come closer than any writer of English to approaching Shakespeare's complete mastery and transcendency of language.
Stephen ... Read more
John Mortimer
The Sunday Times
What can one say about Wodehouse? He exhausts superlatives. I am not alone in believing he has come closer than any writer of English to approaching Shakespeare's complete mastery and transcendency of language.
Stephen ... Read more