Henry Avila's Reviews > Ring for Jeeves

Jeeves is running solo here and it shows by the lack of the usual pleasure reading the narrative, don't get me wrong the book always entertains at a different level though .. Jeeves has been loaned to a friend by the perpetual boss Mr. Bertie Wooster as his money slips from unhappy hands like a relentless, tumultuous waterfall. The Ninth Earl of Rowcester no mental giant either ( call him Bill). However troubles seem to be a torrent attached to the nervous British aristocracy during the time of 1950's socialism, and the ancient mansion collapsing slowing into the soil when the cold river inch by inch rises up to recapture the lost land during winter. Bill needs to sell before that unhappy occurrence to bored American woman an angel of mercy, if there was ever one, attractive and oddly lonely, if you can believe it...
Mrs. Spottsworth who is quite pretty, and rich , Rosalinda to her late spouses ...Jill the Earl's girlfriend is jealous, while sibling Monica preaching the glories of the dilapidated , quaint, damp structure Rowcester Abbey... exaggerating just a bit . THE GREAT HUNTER Captain Biggar maybe not so good at chasing humans or the Earl's money, some say never quite a gentleman... the main reason is Bill owes him that, a great deal. JEEVES the quiet butler with brains will try keeping the so- called superiors... from jail...Monica, Bill's sister , Rory her dim husband, give nice support. Another P.G. Wodehouse fluffy yet nevertheless always a delightful book, of fun and silliness the stories charm readers, never being too unkind to the clueless characters , if you want a break from bleak reality...They are the lucky ones. Still I miss the chemistry between Jeeves and his "master" Wooster... Such rare interplay are the heart of these novels ...