The Golf Omnibus

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Golf Omnibus
Authors and Contributors      By (author) P.G. Wodehouse
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:480
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780091745752
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Hutchinson
Publication Date 5 July 1990
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A collection of Wodehouse's funniest golfing stories, as told by the Oldest Member The Oldest Member's reverence for golf does not cramp his style in telling some of the funniest, tallest and most joyful stories in the whole Wodehouse canon. In this splendid omnibus, introduced by Wodehouse himself, love and the links are inextricably intertwined, in this bumper collection of hilarious short stories that show the course of true love is racing down the middle of the fairway.

Author Biography

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as 'Plum') wrote more than ninety novels and some three hundred short stories over 73 years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language. Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler's Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club. In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for 'having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world'. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged 93, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine's Day.

Reviews

You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour -- Stephen Fry The greatest comic writer ever -- Douglas Adams The funniest writer ever to put words to paper -- Hugh Laurie P.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century -- Sebastian Faulks Sublime comic genius -- Ben Elton