Jeeves And The Tie That Binds

Product Description

A Bertie and Jeeves classic, featuring the Junior Ganymede, a Market Snodsbury election, and the
Observer crossword puzzle.
Jeeves, who has saved Bertie Wooster so often in the past, may finally prove to be the unwitting cause of this young master’s undoing in
Jeeves and the Tie that Binds. The Junior Ganymede, a club for butlers in London’s fashionable West End, requires every member to provide details about the fellow he is working for. When information is inadvertently revealed to a dangerous source, it falls to Jeeves to undo the damage.

Review

Christopher Buckley author of
Little Green Men It is impossible to be unhappy while reading the adventures of Jeeves and Wooster. And I’ve tried.

Kurt Andersen author of
Turn of the Century Wodehouse can be extremely funny, of course, and Bertie and Jeeves are echt-Englishmen, but the surprising and surpassing pleasure of these books is their cheerful humanity. Reading Wodehouse always makes me feel good.

David Foster Wallace author of
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Timelessly funny and mean.

Evelyn Waugh Mr. Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.

From the Publisher

“It is impossible to be unhappy while reading the adventures of Jeeves and Wooster. And I’ve tried.”–Chrisopher Buckley, author of “Little Green Men”
“Wodehouse can be extremely funny, of course, and Bertie and Jeeves are echt-Englishmen, but the surprising and surpassing pleasure of these books is their cheerful humanity. Reading Wodehouse always makes me feel good.”–Kurt Andersen, author of “Turn of the Century”
“Timelessly funny and mean.”–David Foster Wallace, author of “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men”
“Mr. Wodehouse’s idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.”–Evelyn Waugh

From the Back Cover

A Bertie and Jeeves classic, featuring the Junior Ganymede, a Market Snodsbury election, and the Observer crossword puzzle.
Jeeves, who has saved Bertie Wooster so often in the past, may finally prove to be the unwitting cause of his young master’s undoing in Jeeves and The Tie That Binds. The Junior Ganymede, a club for butlers in London’s fashionable West End, requires every member to provide details about the fellow he is working for. When information is inadvertently revealed to a dangerous source, it falls to Jeeves to undo the damage.

About the Author

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English humorist who wrote novels, short stories, plays, lyrics, and essays, all with the same light touch of gentle satire. He is best known as the creator of the bumbling Bertie Wooster and his all-knowing valet, Jeeves.

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Chapter 1

As I slid into my chair at the breakfast table and started to deal with the toothsome eggs and bacon which Jeeves had given of his plenty, I was conscious of a strange exhilaration, if I’ve got the word right. Pretty good the setup looked to me. Here I was, back in the old familiar headquarters, and the thought that I had seen the last of Totleigh Towers, of Sir Watkyn Bassett, of his daughter Madeline and above all of the unspeakable Spode, or Lord Sidcup as he now calls himself, was like the medium dose for adult of one of those patent medicines which tone the system and impart a gentle glow.

“These eggs, Jeeves,” I said. “Very good. Very tasty.”

“Yes, sir?”

“Laid, no doubt, by contented hens. And the coffee, perfect. Nor must I omit to give a word of praise to the bacon. I wonder if you notice anything about me this morning.”

“You seem in good spirits, sir.”

“Yes, Jeeves, I am happy today.”

“I am very glad to hear it, sir.”

“You might say I’m sitting on top of the world with a