The Head of Kay's by P G Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse first became a renowned comic writer with his sublimely comic school stories. It is the general view at Eckleton School that there never was such a house of slackers as Kay's. Fenn, head of house and county cricketer, does his best to impose some discipline but is continually undermined by his house-master, the meddlesome and ineffectual Mr Kay. After the Summer Concert fiasco, Mr Kay resolves to remove Fenn from office and puts his house into special measures, co-opting Kennedy, second prefect of Blackburn's, as reluctant troubleshooter with a brief to turn the place around. But without the backing of Fenn, and the whole house hostile towards him, how can he achieve the impossible ...? In his public schools, Wodehouse first created an absurd, glorious and immortal world that will always remain. In his school tales, Wodehouse learned to combine his kindly wisdom with his rare skill of comic invention and phrasing.
I think one reason why so many readers - and even dedicated fans - have not spotted how gifted Wodehouse really is, is that, being an exquisitely courteous writer, he always makes it seem so easy to the readerHe's like a magician really: look, no hands! But behind this seemingly effortless performance there is infinite skill, and a splendid, kindly wisdom; and in these early books we can observe the young Wodehouse learning how to enchant us with these two rare and beautiful gifts. -- Colin MacInnes
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780285621176 |
| ISBN 10 | 0285621173 |
| Title | The Head of Kay's |
| Author | P G Wodehouse |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-09-05 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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