Synopsis In Jonathan Ames's comic novel, Jeeves is the valet to a young writer with a drinking problem. Alan Blair and his faithful sidekick end up at a writer's colony in upstate New York, where Alan hopes to write his great novel. Instead, he encounters a series of humorous mishaps--from which, fortunately, the incomparable Jeeves is (usually) able to extricate him.... A New York Times Notable Book for 2004.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-07-05 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 334 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 10.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Increasingly relying on his loyal valet, Jeeves, alcoholic writer Alan Blair wonders at the valet's coincidental likeness to the famous character from the P. G. Wodehouse mysteries and travels to a New York artist colony, where a confrontation with a nosy sculptress prompts Jeeves to show his true colors.
Industry Reviews "Pungent and hilarious...." Kirkus (04/15/2004)
"Ames's inventive romp follows its hero into very un-Wodehousian territory...." New Yorker (07/05/2004)
"[L]augh-out-loud funny....WAKE UP, SIR! is a Wodehouse novel for the recovery era." New York Times Book Review - Henry Alford (08/01/2004)
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