Come to think of it, most of Wodehouse’s characters are endearing idiots.

But Jeeves’s presence isn’t so prominent in this book and we follow Bertie Wooster mainly, and because he’s an endearing idiot who’s pretty hopeless with life, it just makes good comedy. Yes, there are familiar storylines here with the breaking and entering, damsels in distress who are really villains themselves, Jeeves saving the day. Happily, The Code of the Woosters is so fricking awesome. Sounds like another Wodehouse premise? Sure. On the process, he has to rescue the engagement of two of his friends while battling a bumbling policeman, a Mussolini-like low class fascist leader and the magistrate’s niece who seems to hold all the keys. The Code of the Woosters follows Bertie Wooster trying to steal a ‘cow-creamer’ from the hands of a retired magistrate in his mansion. But look, I’m a simple bloke: I see a Wodehouse book in a bargain bin or swap shelves, I gotta get my hands on it, especially The Code of the Woosters, which pretty much made his career.

In Carry On, Jeeves which is a collection of short stories, it was just a bit too much. and also I found Jeeves super annoying after a while. Wodehouse tends to recycle similar plot points - breaking and entering, damsels in distress, etc. I started bagging Wodehouse in my last review for Carry On, Jeeves because I found after a few reads that he started to become monotonous. Book Review: The Code of the Woosters by PG Wodehouse

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