Mike: A British Humor Classic Review

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(More customer reviews)Read this first years ago, and was hooked. I just love eccentric characters like Columbo, and FBI Special Agent Pendergast - and Psmith is one of those - first introduced to us in Mike. All four Psmith novels are fantastic, so order them all! But whatever the case, enjoy the first!
As good (but different) as Jeeves and Wooster.

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In this novel, Wodehouse first introduces us to one of his best loved characters: Psmith.Also known as Enter Psmith, this is the first of the Psmith works.Read how Mike Jackson and Psmith become fast friends, and indulge in all manner of high-jinks and hilarious adventures at school.No one who enjoys a good read, a clever plot and a good laugh will want to miss any of the four Psmith novels.Enjoy one of the most delightfully eccentric characters in literature.Laugh out loud at the exploits of Psmith in one more of Wodehouse's many masterpieces.

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(More customer reviews)Like most highly prolific authors, Wodehouse's work is uneven, and this is definitely not his best. It's one of his earliest novels, and really should be attempted only by the avid Wodehouse fan who has practically memorized all his later works. Those will detect a faint flavor of what will eventually become the Wodehouse style. And in Mike, a pleasant but not overly brainy youth who gets into scrapes, and Psmith, a clever plotter who helps get him out, you will see hints of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. One other thing I should mention: cricket is at the heart of this book. If, like me, you are unfamiliar with the game, you'll have to wade through pages that are more technical and less comprehensible than a treatise on quantum field theory.
This free Kindle edition is bare bones: the table of contents is unlinked, and although there are captions for illustrations here and there, the illustrations themselves are absent. Also, most pages have an awkward line break or two in the middle of a paragraph. You get what you pay for -- these things didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story.

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY T. M. R. WHITWELL--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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