Piccadilly Jim

It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim-nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts, and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that, things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that (for reasons that will become clear, we promise) Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending?

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Piccadilly Jim

It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim-nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts, and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that, things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that (for reasons that will become clear, we promise) Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending?

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Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by Jonathan Cecil

Unabridged — 8 hours, 13 minutes

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse

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Overview

It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim-nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts, and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that, things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that (for reasons that will become clear, we promise) Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending?


Editorial Reviews

Sunday Times (London)

An idyllic world of sublime comedy. No better place to escape.”

Audiobooksreview.co.uk

Wodehouse brightens up the dullest day and lightens the heaviest heart.”

Observer (London)

The farce is ingenious...The ideal Christmas gift for Wodehousians.”

The Sunday Times

An idyllic world of sublime comedy. No better place to escape.

The Observer

The farce is ingenious; Martin Jarvis brings the book to life...the ideal Christmas gift for Wodehousians.

audiobooksreview.co.uk

Wodehouse brightens up the dullest day and lightens the heaviest heart.

MAY 2009 - AudioFile

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 © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169912906
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 06/01/2011
Edition description: Unabridged
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