Jeeves in the Offing

I picked up Jeeves in the Offing recently, having not read PG Wodehouse for years. Half an hour later I was still reading and laughing. He can develop a comic idea and deliver the payoff over a chapter, a paragraph, or a single sentence. * Guardian *
It’s dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I’ll risk it with him – John Humphrys
For as long as I’m immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it’s possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer, funnier one where happy endings are the order of the day – Marian Keyes
Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already – Lynne Truss
The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes! – Kate Mosse
Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists – Susan Hill
P.G. Wodehouse remains the greatest chronicler of a certain kind of Englishness, that no one else has ever captured quite so sharply, or with quite as much wit and affection – Julian Fellowes
A genius … Elusive, delicate but lasting – Alan Ayckbourn
P.G. Wodehouse is the gold standard of English wit – Christopher Hitchens
To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language – Ben Schott

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 Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful music lyricist, once with over five musicals running on Broadway simultaneously. P.G. Wodehouse was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’.