The Coming of Bill - The Original Classic Edition

from abbottthomas

A sentimental tale, not what you expect from Wodehouse, but certainly written in his style. Set in New York City some years before the Wall Street crash it is the story of a pleasant young aspiring artist, Kirk Winfield. His independent means remove the need to work at his art and his generous na...

from Shimmin

A surprising Wodehouse that deviates heavily from the well-known mould of light romantic music-hall comedy, with a rather serious drama unfolding over several years and taking in failure, death and a much less jocular take on relationship breakdown that is usual. Wodehouse touches on the long-ter...

from ianw

A very un-Wodehouse like story. Quite serious, with a death, a marital split, child abuse and similar things. Not at all the "musical comedy without the music" that Wodehouse described his work as. The inevitable happy ending is cliché-ridden. Not enjoyable.

from PhilSyphe

Having noted how the reviews for this work, along with the product synopsis, all stress that this is the closest P. G. Wodehouse came to writing a serious book, I suspected that this would be a weak offering. As it happens, it turned out to be one of the author's strongest novels. Yes, there are ...