I happened upon the audiobook version of Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse at a used book store this spring. When I saw it was read by Jonathan Cecil, I snapped it up because I was pretty sure this would be a fun book for our family vacation. My kids know who Jonathan Cecil is because he played Captain Hastings in several Poirot mysteries opposite Peter Ustinov, and we are definite fans of that particular iteration of Poirot.
Anyway, we had a jolly time listening to this book over a couple of days on our drive home last week! We got a lot of laughs out of it, and we've acquired a few new favorite things to quote to each other (especially, "In that case, I shall now eat a ham sandwich!").
In this book, Bertie Wooster tries very hard not to get invited to a big manor house, not to get tangled up in his friends' problems, and not to get rid of the jaunty blue alpine hat with a pink feather that he loves and Jeeves hates. As you can expect, he fails on all three counts, with hilarious and delightful results.
I find it very heartening that Wodehouse published this book when he was 82. And published two more Jeeves books after it! Makes me hope I could have another 40ish years of writing ahead of me yet.
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG for a smattering of mild cussing here and there.
This is my 26th book read and reviewed for my fourth Classics Club list and my 17th from my TBR shelves for the 2024 Mount TBR Reading Challenge. I'm counting it for the latter because, although I bought the audiobook this year, the paperback has been on my TBR shelves since 2023.
Oh, I remember that jaunty alpine hat! It caused a real Battle of Wills. We all know who won in the end, of course.
ReplyDeleteDebra, yes, hurrah for Jeeves and his impeccable taste!
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