Psmith, Journalist (Paperback)

from Bjace

Psmith journalist is an odd item in the Wodehouse canon. During a summer in New York, Psmith becomes a temporary employee of a New York weekly and he becomes involved in trying to right social ills in the face of resistance from New York's criminal element. Because it's Wodehouse, the story is mo...

from PhilSyphe

This third installment of Psmith's life and times takes him to America, where he takes up the temporary job of "Cosy Moments'" subeditor whilst dodging bullets from members of various gangs, who dislike certain articles printed in said newspaper. Must say, this isn't one of PG Wodehouse's finest ...

from RajivC

I honestly cannot say that I was overly enthused by this book. While indeed Psmith continues his exploits, and this book sees less of Mike, the exploits in New York are less than fulfilling. This, in my view, is a bit of a surprise, because PG Wodehouse generally does not fail to deliver the good...

from Lirmac

Psmith, Wodehouse's quintessentially English aesthete, is unleashed in New York City; fish-out-of-water shenanigans in the style of 1980s cinema do not ensue. The fit is awkward and never satisfies as much as Bertie Wooster's later antics in the Big Apple. One feels that Wodehouse wanted a change...

from mrtall

Psmith travels to New York, latches on at Cozy Moments, a sleepy little weekly, and transforms it into a muck-raking, philo-pugilistic scandal sheet. It's all great fun, with the usual high-jinks all around, but also a measure of actual commentary on the social ills of the day, i.e. life in the B...