Namaste to all . Three favourite ( albeit English) authors I grew up reading were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and P.G . Wodehouse . I will take up P.G.Wodehouse as he was an American humor - writer, therefore with none of the subtle racism of the other two . Agatha Christie was the most racist writer, although her detective fiction held me spellbound.
Moving over to Wodehouse completely, I was introduced to his world of subtle charm and wit, by my late father Shri Subbanna, in my teens . He gifted me a Wodehouse omnibus . But I shall stick to my favourite of all time, ' Uncle Fred in the Springtime'.
As an author, Wodehouse writes in his preface that- "I believe there are two ways of writing novels- one is mine- a sort of musical comedy without music, ignoring life altogether. The other is going deep down into life and not caring a damn' ..
In this classic Wodehouse novel . Lord Emsworth . Of Blandings castle calls in his brother, the bright, flippety Frederick, -- when he perceives a theft threat to his prize Sow- the Empress of Blandings by his rival, the mad Duke of Dunstable... What follows is a complete laugh riot, with characters like Pongo Twistleton, Gussie Fink Nottle( whose hobby is collecting newts!!) Bertie Wooster and his man for all seasons, his Butler with the typical Brit " stiff upper lip" Jeeves . It's the subtle humor bordering sarcasm occasionally that has the reader in splits . Cheerio
Moving over to Wodehouse completely, I was introduced to his world of subtle charm and wit, by my late father Shri Subbanna, in my teens . He gifted me a Wodehouse omnibus . But I shall stick to my favourite of all time, ' Uncle Fred in the Springtime'.
As an author, Wodehouse writes in his preface that- "I believe there are two ways of writing novels- one is mine- a sort of musical comedy without music, ignoring life altogether. The other is going deep down into life and not caring a damn' ..
In this classic Wodehouse novel . Lord Emsworth . Of Blandings castle calls in his brother, the bright, flippety Frederick, -- when he perceives a theft threat to his prize Sow- the Empress of Blandings by his rival, the mad Duke of Dunstable... What follows is a complete laugh riot, with characters like Pongo Twistleton, Gussie Fink Nottle( whose hobby is collecting newts!!) Bertie Wooster and his man for all seasons, his Butler with the typical Brit " stiff upper lip" Jeeves . It's the subtle humor bordering sarcasm occasionally that has the reader in splits . Cheerio
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