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Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
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Summary

Monty Bodkin has returned to London from Hollywood, leaving Sandy Miller, his secretary there, heartbroken, because Monty loves English hockey international Gertrude Butterwick instead of her.

Holding down a job for a year was the condition laid down by Gertrude’s father before Monty and Gertrude could be married, a condition Monty has unexpectedly fulfilled by blackmailing Hollywood movie mogul Ivor Llewellyn. Back in England, he intends to claim his bride, but the path to true love never runs smooth, as Monty is about to find out.

©2007 Trustees of the Wodehouse Estate (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Final outing for. Monty as funny as ever

Our hapless hero continues to cause laughs as only a Wodehouse character can - just don't listen when driving - you get strange looks in traffic jams as you're wiping the tears of joy from your face

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Thank you PG Wodehouse and Jonathan Cecil!!

Hilarious as usual - all the typical Wodehouse characters and plots..... and Jonathan Cecil's narration just puts the top hat on it!! His portrayals of the various characters are just EXQUISITE , and bring the whole thing - including all the ridiculousness - to life more than if you were reading the book for yourself.

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A riotously joyful caper.

Wodehouse at his most lovable here, a cinematic mix of Hollywood panther women, cops and robbers and rogues of every discription, plus the hockey knocker de luxe! Sheer bliss.

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Brilliant as always

Jonathan Cecil brings Woodhouse to life. It isn't the same when not read by him but this story is vintage Woodhouse and has all the right players in it. Superb listen.

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Very Enjoyable

Jonathan Cecil excellent as always! The Bodkin books are less well-known, but well worth listening too.

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Magnificent!

No-one better than Jonathan Cecil to read PG Wodehouse. American accents excellent & he reads female & male parts equally convincingly.

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Brilliant

I am fast running out of Wodehouse I haven’t yet read - which is very sad. I will have to a start re-listening.

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Very Enjoyable

Totally different from my usual genre but enjoyed it very much. Narration was brilliant , fun and very uplifting. Definitely recommend.

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Really enjoying Wodehouse!

Luck of the Bodkins reeled me in with the opening description of Monty about to embark on speaking French and these are no disappointment.

The performance fits brilliantly and really brings the story to life!

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One of the best!

Such a lovely, lively story and Jonathan Cecil, as always, tells it beautifully.

(And I wish Audible would stop requiring 15 words)

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