The Little Nugget (Paperback)

from mstrust

The little nugget is the fat, jaded Ford boy, the only child of his wealthy, divorced parents. The parents are constantly having people kidnap the boy from each other, so that he isn't bothered at all when a stranger scoops him up. Wealthy Peter Burns has recently become engaged to a girl in the ...

from PhilSyphe

Although I didn't find this to be one of P. G. Wodehouse's funniest works, I feel it rates as one of his best for plotting skills. It reads like a light-hearted crime novel. I also found it interesting, having read all of this author's early books that were set in private schools and told from th...

from mstrust

The little nugget is the fat, jaded Ford boy, the only child of his wealthy, divorced parents. The parents are constantly having people kidnap the boy from each other, so that he isn't bothered at all when a stranger scoops him up. Wealthy Peter Burns has recently become engaged to a girl in the ...

from raizel

Not quite a typical Wodehouse: there are professional criminals, a gun fight in which our hero is wounded, hints of an abusive relationship, and the main character actually matures and becomes a kinder person after the love of his life abruptly leaves him. This change happens before the story sta...

from abbottthomas

Thorold's review has said nearly all of what needs to be said about this early Wodehouse. The construction of the book is curious until you are aware of it's origins and I don't think much of Wodehouse as a writer of romantic fiction. For me, some of the most interesting bits were to do with pre-...