Spring Fever (by P G Wodehouse)

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'Spring Fever' is a light-hearted romance from the brilliant PG Wodehouse. I tend to be less enthusiastic about his stand-alone novels, being a huge fan of both Jeeves and the Blandings books. But I did enjoy this one.

There are classic caricatured wealthy American businessmen in this book, and equally classic caricatured English earls and butlers. Add in a couple of young men in love with elusive girls, a stamp worth a fortune, and a cook being chased by two suiters. The result is a typical (for this author) and very enjoyable story.

There was nothing to make me laugh aloud, but much to make me smile inwardly. Plot rather than characters run this book, and the plot, it has to be said, is somewhat bizarre. But that's no surprise, and somehow in Wodehouse's hands it all seems quite believable at the time.

This is not a long book; but it is an enjoyable way to pass a few hours at a weekend.