Right Ho, Jeeves
By P.G. Wodehouse
Reviewed by Boudewijn Rempt on November 29, 2003
A Pelican at Blandings is the quintessential Blandings story; Right Ho, Jeeves is the quintessential Jeeves and Wooster story.
Because this is the one with the Prize-giving of Gussie Fink-Nottle. Need I say more?
Probably, because otherwise this is a very short notice, so I'll add that this particular scene was chosen for the Oxford Book of Humor as the finest bit of writing done in the twentieth century, if I remember correctly. If I don't no matter, since it is anyway. The finest bit of writing, I mean.
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