Ukridge

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A P.G. Wodehouse collectionnnMoney makes the world go round for Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge – and when there isn’t enough of it, the world just has to spin a bit faster. nnEver on the lookout for a quick buck, a solid gold fortune, or at least a plausible little scrounge, the irrepressible Ukridge gives con men a bad name. Looking like an animated blob of mustard in his bright yellow raincoat, he invests time, passion and energy (but seldom actual cash) in a series of increasingly bizarre money-making schemes. Finance for a dog college? It’s yours. Shares in an accident syndicate? Easily arranged. Promoting a kind-hearted heavyweight boxer? A snip. nnPoor Corky Corcoran, Ukridge’s old school chum and confidant, trails through these pages in the ebullient wake of Wodehouse’s most disreputable but endearing hero and hopes to escape with his shirt at least.

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The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881 and educated at Dulwich College. After two years with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he became a full-time writer, contributing to a variety of periodicals. As well as his novels and short stories, he wrote lyrics for musical comedies, and at one stage had five shows running simultaneously on Broadway. At the age of 93, in the New Year’s Honours List of 1975, he received a long-overdue Knighthood, only to die on St Valentine's Day some 45 days later.Table of ContentsIt’s dangerous to use the word genius to describe a writer, but I'll risk it with him,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,Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already,The incomparable and timeless genius – perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes!,Not only the funniest English novelist who ever wrote but one of our finest stylists,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,A genius ... Elusive, delicate but lasting,Witty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny,The Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon,The funniest writer ever to put words to paper,The greatest comic writer ever,P.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century,Sublime comic genius