Aug 21, 2004 06:10 PM
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(Updated Aug 21, 2004 06:12 PM)
Put together humour and literature, and the most obvious resultant you can get is Sir P.G. Wodehouse.
After listening to a lot of pro-Wodehouse talk from my friends and relatives, this is the book where I first met the ingenious Jeeves, a truly immortal character. I was fascinated so much by the character, that I think it's worthwhile to pen down something like, ''Thank you, Wodehouse!''.....ha ha ha, relax guys, it will be quite a period before you encounter anything like that!
So getting back to the book, Wodehouse displays different colours of Bertram Wooster here. Bertie is shown highly addicted to the banjolele, but for others the music is so irritating that even Jeeves finally resigns.
A despondent Bertie finally seeks refuge with his childhood friend, Lord Chuffnell, nicknamed Chuffy. But soon, Bertie's peace is shattered by the arrival of his ex-fiancee and her formidable father. Eventually, there develops an infatual relation between Chuffy and Bertie's ex-fiancee, and the responsibility of uniting them falls on Bertie's shoulders.
What follows, is utter confusion, and , needless to say, the most humorous chronology of events imaginable. The storyline twists and turns in many places.
The portrayal of Jeeves, his relationship with Bertram, and the dependability of other characters on him is incomparably brilliant. He is, for the book, what one may call a ''sutradhar'' in Hindi.
The most remarkably hillarious parts of the book are those when there appears to be a confused conversation of people with Jeeves. And just as good are the parts that show the dense triangulated relations between Chuffy, Bertie and his fiancee.
The language is superb, most of the humuor lies in the dialogues. The portrayal of charcters, dialogues, and, of course, Jeeves, are few of the plus points of the book.
Honestly, for those who love to have tears of laughter, ''Thank You, Jeeves'' is a must read.
