A Prefect's Uncle - From the Manor Wodehouse Collection, a selection from the early works of P. G. Wodehouse (Paperback)

from raizel

Much of the book consists of play-by-play descriptions of cricket games. But there is an amazing prank described in Wodehouse's inimitable (if that's the word I want) style : ...On the following morning, more by design than accident, Fannie upset an inkpot. Mr Smith observed icily that unless the...

from leandrod

A more benign view of life in Engliſh public ſchools at the beginniŋ of the XX century, in Wodehouſe's pleaſant humour.

from AJBraithwaite

Fun - though it might help if you know a bit more about cricket and rugby than I do.

from PhilSyphe

"A Prefect's Uncle" was P. G. Wodehouse's second publication and was first released in 1903. This isn't a novel with a single plot featuring a hero and a heroine - in fact no female characters appear - but is rather a series of events, featuring several characters, held together with a stream of ...

from andersocheva

Schoolboys play cricket and get into trouble. Occasionally funny, but forgettable. The redeeming feature for me is that Wodehouse's later humour and wit are already apparent in this very early novel; usually, school and sports novels bore me stiff (I usually skip the Quidditch parts in Harry Pott...