I loved this book, it was really entertaining. Mike was a great character and I kept my fingers crossed for him. It was funny, witty and charming and I enjoyed it very much. Five stars. ( )

Stanwood, a doughty performer on the football field during his college career, was a mass of muscle and bone, and it was Mr Cobbold's opinion that the bone extended to his head. And he had a good deal of support for this view. ( )

Not my favourite Woodhouse novel, but it’s still light-hearted fun.

Lord Shortlands is one of this author’s brilliant “eccentric old men” characters. The rest of the cast are all engaging in their own way.

I feel the humour was mildly entertaining, rather than outright funny. ( )

A lighthearted romance in typical ironic Wodehouse style. Confusions, attempted break-ins, caricatured wealthy movie-making Americans and equally caricatured upper-class English Earls all mix in this enjoyable book ( )

A lovely bit of fluff and nonsense to cheer me up while I cough and splutter through a particularly nasty cold. In typical fashion, the upper hand is gained and lost by our heroes at a dizzying rate of knots. Impersonators, dodgy butlers, ex-cons turned moralising tea-totallers and bossy older daughters abound. There aren't as many uncontrollable laugh-out-loud passages as in P.G. at his very best (I don't want to spoil any punchlines, but watch out for BBC announcers and wild lawyers!), but the big, idiot grin on my face from indulging in one of my oldest literary pleasures was good enough for me. ( )