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Book SynopsisSebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which
A Week in December and
The Fatal Englishman were number one in the
Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for
Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and
Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.
Trade ReviewIt is a wonderfully happy book. * Guardian *
This light-hearted romp is delightfully witty, packed with puns and boasts a few phrases that Wodehouse himself would have deemed top-hole. Splendid stuff. * Sunday Mirror *
The finished product resembles, in all but cover, a traditional Wodehousian yarn. Harking back to the summer of 1926, it is a gentle, jolly tale – of farce and mistaken identity, of love lost and found, of cricket matches, village fetes and the eccentric upper classes. * Telegraph *
At two memorable moments in
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells I did indeed laugh until I cried…
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a masterpiece… This is a pitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a century after his debut, that Jeeves may not be so inimitable after all. * Spectator *
The plot is satisfyingly convoluted in the best Wodehouse tradition . . . A genuine addition to my growing Wodehouse collection and there is no higher tribute. * Daily Express *
He catches the Wodehousean idiom, periphrasis, surreal similes and bally silliness to a T, all done with love. Please commission a dozen more, Hutchinson. * Literary Review *
From the first page of Sebastian Faulks’s entirely delightful book . . . we are transported to Wodehouse land. All the details, of plot, of character, and of setting, are lovingly drawn. The hours spent reading
Jeeves and the Wedding Bells are pure pleasure. * Financial Times *
Faulks has caught the mood and the dialogue perfectly * Sunday Express *
