This is the second Jeeves and Wooster collection which I have read this week after Carry On, Jeeves.
This is actually a semi-novel in that the stories follow a definite strand. The book begins with good old Bingo asking for help from Jeeves and Wooster to impress a girl he has fallen in love with. This collection then moves on to the first encounter between Wooster and his nemesis Sr Roderick Glossop. Wooster's rowdy cousins Eustace and Claude are introduced.
There are some stories which are based in the village and have gambling as their main motif. They were the weakest stories for me and that is why I didn't give this "full marks".
The book ends with two of the best stories of the collection and really made my day. It could well have been titled "The Inimitable Wodehouse".
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