P G Wodehouse? Who's that?
Heh! Just kidding. It's not like I don't know who he is... but just that his comedy didn't really appeal to me that much. His kind of humor doesn't exactly match up with my taste. Humor with a lot of sarcasm and witty remarks is more my speed. But one fine day, when just going through the blogs over here in blogspot, I chanced upon one that was kind of roving about Wodehouse. Having nothing to do (actually being kind of bored) I got a book from the library.
"The Inimitable Jeeves".
Not a bad book. Kind of liked the vocab he used cause it had some words I never saw in common usage - 'clement', 'sanguine'...! This book was mostly short stories and it was quite good. Didn't break into a roaring laughter but, did kind of make me smile now and then.
Then, I tried my luck with another book...
"Ring for Jeeves"
This book, was quite good, in fact... I even broke into laughter (Yes!) here and there. It wasn't bad. The starting was a bit dull, but once we got to the protagonists, it was ok.
Now, any Wodehouse fans out there, I don't mean to rain on your parade... I will accept that the vocabulary used by Wodehouse is simply astounding, and all in all it is quite a good read. But still, if any of you chance upon this book by Woody Allen (of Sex, Lies and Videotape fame), do read it, and you'll understand what real sarcastic comedy is ;)