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Piccadilly Jim
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrator
- Jonathan Cecil
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2011
- Run Time
- 8 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim—nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts, and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that, things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that (for reasons that will become clear, we promise) Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending?
Critics Review
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“The farce is ingenious...The ideal Christmas gift for Wodehousians.”
Observer (London)
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“An idyllic world of sublime comedy. No better place to escape.”
Sunday Times (London)
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“Wodehouse spoofs again the British upper crust in this 1917 title, which finds the incorrigible title character facing reform by his haughty aunt.”
Library Journal
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“Wodehouse brightens up the dullest day and lightens the heaviest heart.”
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Details
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Narrator
- Jonathan Cecil
- Duration
- 8 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2011
- ISBN
- 9781609984502
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Humorous fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim—nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts, and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that, things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that (for reasons that will become clear, we promise) Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending?
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