Piccadilly Jim

He was a gossip columnist's dream. Piccadilly Jim's life was a collage of broken promises and drunken brawls.

And Jim's straight-laced Victorian aunt was not amused. So, she decided to reform him. Unfortunately, her reform project started at a time when Jim had fallen in love and had already decided to reform himself. Thus, life became complicated.

Jim pretends to be himself-a beautiful display of Wodehousean logic; hilarious indeed!

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Piccadilly Jim

He was a gossip columnist's dream. Piccadilly Jim's life was a collage of broken promises and drunken brawls.

And Jim's straight-laced Victorian aunt was not amused. So, she decided to reform him. Unfortunately, her reform project started at a time when Jim had fallen in love and had already decided to reform himself. Thus, life became complicated.

Jim pretends to be himself-a beautiful display of Wodehousean logic; hilarious indeed!

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Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by Frederick Davidson

Unabridged — 8 hours, 14 minutes

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by Frederick Davidson

Unabridged — 8 hours, 14 minutes

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Overview

He was a gossip columnist's dream. Piccadilly Jim's life was a collage of broken promises and drunken brawls.

And Jim's straight-laced Victorian aunt was not amused. So, she decided to reform him. Unfortunately, her reform project started at a time when Jim had fallen in love and had already decided to reform himself. Thus, life became complicated.

Jim pretends to be himself-a beautiful display of Wodehousean logic; hilarious indeed!


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: 2940192110409
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 08/02/2012
Edition description: Unabridged
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