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Something Fresh

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
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 As Wodehouse himself once noted, "Blandings has impostors like other houses have mice." On this particular occasion, there are two imposters, both intent on a dangerous enterprise. Lord Emsworth's secretary, the Efficient Baxter, is on the alert and determined to discover what is afoot - despite the distractions caused by the Honorable Freddie Threepwood's hapless affair of the heart.

Freddie is engaged to marry the daughter of a wealthy American who is a passionate collector of ancient Egyptian relics. When one treasure goes missing and a thousand-pound reward is offered for its return, Blandings becomes a madhouse as friends turn rivals in the scramble to retrieve the object.

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Critic reviews

"Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever." (Douglas Adams)
"For Wodehouse there has been no fall of Man...the gardens of Blandings Castle are the original gardens of Eden from which we are all exiled." (Evelyn Waugh)
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I struggled to get through the first couple of chapters because of the strange, breathy reading of the narrator. Once the dialogue comes in and he gets to "do all the voices", the narrator settles down and doesn't detract from the humourous text.

Stick with it - the narration improves

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Really, after over 100 years, it seems there are those who love the wry wit of P.G. Wodehouse, and those who just don’t get it. I am fixedly in the first category and this installment in the Blandings/Wooster universe (as they say nowadays) is as good a treat as ever. Not many writers consistently cause me to chuckle out loud. But P.G. Makes me a positive nuisance on the train etc. Treat yourself to some well written nonsense and you will almost certainly feel lighter for it.

Wodehouse: If you know you know

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This is one strenuously to avoid. A wonderful and familiar story entirely ruined by the narration. Frederick Davidson's interpretation, a supercilious nasal drawl, ruins this and I'm abandoning at Chapter 5

Something Ghastly

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This one I would rather read in a paper format. The narrator is dreadful. His intonation is utterly bizarre. Extremely annoying to listen to.

Great story ruined by lousy reading

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Although the readers voice appears annoying at first, I don’t think many could have read it any better. Lovely story

Great book

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