 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Ben Schott |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2018 |
| Publisher | Hutchinson (UK) Little, Brown (US) |
| ISBN | 978-1-78633-143-4 |
Jeeves and the King of Clubs is a 2018 novel by Ben Schott, set in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster universe.
Jeeves and the King of Clubs was produced with the permission of Sir Edward Cazalet, the executor of Wodehouse's estate. In October 2017, the publishing rights were purchased by Hutchinson for a six-figure sum.
Plot
Bertie Wooster learns to his amazement that Jeeves' club for butlers and valets, the Junior Ganymede Club, is actually a front for a secretive arm of the British intelligence services. Because of a series of bizarre events, Bertie must help Jeeves track down and unmask a dangerous spy.
Reception
Reception to the novel was generally positive. Alexander Larman described the novel as "an amusing and well written homage". Ian Sansom described the work as a "bravura performance" and a "bang-on Bertie Wooster reboot". The Times's Matthew Adams called it "a most thrilling return". The Irish Times's Tom Mathews called the work a "pale imitation". Paddy Kehoe for RTÉ gave the work three and a half stars out of five.
Sophie Ratcliffe for The Times Literary Supplement called the work as "Wodehouse for the Brexit era". Tom Williams reviewed the novel for Literary Review.
Schott published a sequel entitled Jeeves and the Leap of Faith in 2020.
References
- Sanderson, David (16 October 2017). "I say, what japes! Now Jeeves and Wooster star in new spy novel". The Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- "Great Schott! New Jeeves title to Hutchinson". The Bookseller. 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Larman, Alexander (4 November 2018). "Jeeves and the King of Clubs review – spy capers with a PG certificate". The Observer. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Sansom, Ian (7 December 2018). "Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott review – bang-on Bertie Wooster reboot". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Adams, Matthew (28 October 2018). "Review: Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott — a most thrilling return of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Mathews, Tom (10 November 2018). "Jeeves and the King of Clubs review: pale imitation". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Kehoe, Paddy (20 December 2018). "Reviewed: Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Ratcliffe, Sophie (30 November 2018). "Soup du jour". The Times Literary Supplement. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- Williams, Tom (November 2018). "Bertie's Back". Literary Review. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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