Heavy weather Book

An absolute corker. Peak Wodehouse.

Heavy Weather (1933) forms part of the Blandings Castle saga. It's the fourth full-length novel to be set there, after Something Fresh (1915), Leave It to Psmith (1923) and Summer Lightning (1929). Heavy Weather follows straight on from the events described in Summer Lightning.

Whilst lacking any weep-with-laughter scenes, Heavy Weather is as beautifully written as usual. At this stage in his career, and having already written almost 50 books, P.G. Wodehouse was incapable of writing a bad sentence. Indeed every word conveys his wit and skill, and is chock full of life reaffirming content. Heavy Weather also marks the memorable first appearance of Monty Bodkin, who would go on to feature in two later novels

Needless to say Heavy Weather is another superb farce: guaranteed to have you chuckling regularly and grinning from ear to ear throughout.

Heavy Weather could only be improved if we'd actually got to discover the details of the mysterious incident of Sir Gregory Parsloe Parsloe and the prawns. All we'll ever know is that it took place at Ascot, "the year Martingale won the Gold Cup", and it made Beach the Butler laugh so much he fell off his deck chair.

5/5



Heavy Weather by P.G. Wodehouse