The Wit & Wisdom of P.G. Wodehouse - Softcover

Ring, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099522241 ISBN 13: 9780099522249

Publisher: Arrow, 2008

Synopsis

The Wit and Wisdom of the Master - all compacted into 128 pithy pages! Tony Ring, the president of the Wodehouse Association and author of the 600,000-word Millennium Wodehouse Concordance, has drawn on his extensive knowledge and even more wonderful enthusiasm to compile an absolutely cracking anthology, which answers all our Christmas present problems in one volume. Here are not only witty epigrams we all know and love (and perhaps lots we don't!) but also longer humorous extracts which are full of wisdom.

Evelyn Waugh has written that Wodehouse produced three wholly original similes on every page he wrote - which, even allowing for exaggeration, must make this one of the most original gift books ever! It will certainly be one of the funniest...

About this title

Product Description:

An anthology of witty epigrams and humorous extracts full of wisdom.

Review:

"A jolly collection of wit and one-liners from one of our best-loved humorists" (Daily Express)

"This anthology is a feast of humour" (The Oldie)

"The finest and funniest writer the past century ever knew" (Stephen Fry)

"Sublime comic genius" (Ben Elton)

"The funniest writer ever to put words to paper" (Hugh Laurie)

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0099522241
• ISBN 13: 9780099522249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128