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Piccadilly Jim

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1 of 1 copy available

Wodehouse, the king of Farce, with one of his most popular novels.

Jimmy Crocker, AKA 'Piccadilly Jim' is a lively young American ex-newspaper man who meets Ann Chester, the girl of his dreams, in London. Problem is, Jim once wrote a bad review of her first book of poetry. They set sail to New York together with Ann still not knowing he's the dastardly critic! Add a brilliantly colourful Manhattan setting, an unlikely butler, odd spies, eccentric 'tecs, scientific secrets, plus an odious boy called Ogden, and the ingredients are here for one of P.G. Wodehouse's most dazzling comic feasts.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      This thrice-filmed nugget of vintage silliness by the creator of Jeeves and Wooster first appeared in 1917. The title character is a British ex-newsman and reforming playboy who finds himself pretending to be an imposter impersonating himself. This is to win the affections of a girl he's enamored with. To further impress her, he agrees to kidnap her obnoxious stepbrother. The ensuing contretemps is complicated by other schemes by various other characters, in the usual Wodehouse manner. Narrator Martin Jarvis, winner of a Theatre World Award for playing Jeeves on the New York stage, dives vigorously into these turgid waters and swims fervently to the shore with considerable skill and imagination. His comic voicings and almost-musical rhythms are particularly effective. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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  • English

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  • Text Difficulty:9-12

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