Scream for Jeeves: A Parody

Scream for Jeeves: A Parody

1994 • 86 pages

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15

As expected, this was quite silly. Three Lovecraft tales (“The Rats in the Walls,” “Cool Air,” and “The Music of Erich Zann”) are reimagined with Bertie Wooster as their narrator. There's no real through-line or point - it's more of an experiment to replicate Bertie's trademark voice as the teller of these eldritch tales. And as far as it goes, it's successful.

I might have been more wild about this if I were more of a Wodehouse fan. I'll probably give old Jeeves another shot after reading this.

NB: A good portion of the book consists of an essay about Lovecraft, Wodehouse, and Arthur Conan Doyle. It was somewhat interesting, but not what I picked this up to read.

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