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This early novel, written in collaboration with a friend of Wodehouse, is a fascinating curiosity which suggests that Wodehouse might have become a very different, experimental sort of writer, had he continued to write in the same vein.Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, it tells the story of an ambitious young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, who combines mild and affable manners with very few principles. All the main characters are just as unscrupulous, ready to cheat and lie in pursuit of their ends, hence the title of the book."Not George Washington" also invites readers to reflect on the nature of talent, fame, failure and success, villainy and honor themes which continued to recur in the author s work for another sixty years."
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"Mr Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in." (Evelyn Waugh BBC Broadcast)
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Not George Washington is a semi-autobiographical novel by P. G. Wodehouse. An Early Wodehouse presented in a beautiful hardback edition.
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- PublisherHarry N Abrams Inc
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1468309684
- ISBN 13 9781468309683
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages205
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