Not George Washington P G Wodehouse Everyman&Apos S Library Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

This Early Novel Written In Collaboration With A Friend Is Fascinating Curiosity Which Suggests That Wodehouse Might Have Become Very Different Experimental Sort Of Writer Had He Continued To Write The Same Vein Using Multiple Narrators Playing Literary Stereotypes And Identities It Tells Story An Aspiring Young James Orlebar Cloyster Prepared Do Almost Anything First For Success Then Gratification By Making Mild Affable Man So Familiar His Later Novels Creates Comic Disparity Between Character’s Lofty Professions Virtue Unscrupulous Behaviour As Progresses We Realise Not Unusual: All Main Characters Are One Way Or Another Ready Cheat Lie Pursuit Their Ends Hence Title Book George Washington Contains Many Fine Scenes Cloyster’s Narrative Displays Calm Mastery Story-Telling Already Made Own If Awkwardly Executed Cleverly Plotted Springing Several Surprises Along Clearly Autobiographical Origin Also Invites Readers Reflect On Nature Talent Fame Failure Villainy Honour - Themes Recur Author’s Work Sixty Years Σελίδες: 192 Διαστάσεις: 13 4X13 4Cm