Jeeves and the Leap of Faith

A Novel in Homage to P. G. Wodehouse

De: Ben Schott

Narrado por: Daniel Ings

Jeeves and Wooster return in a new espionage caper full of japes, high jinks, and jiggery-pokery in a series that is “impossible to read without grinning idiotically” (Evening Standard).

The Drones club’s in peril. Gussie’s in love. Spode’s on the war path. Oh, and His Majesty’s Government needs a favor . . .

I say! It’s a good thing Bertie’s back, what?

In his eagerly anticipated sequel to Jeeves and the King of Clubs, Ben Schott leads Jeeves and Wooster on another elegantly uproarious escapade.

From the mean streets of Mayfair to the scheming spires of Cambridge, we encounter a joyous cast of characters: chiseling painters and criminal bookies, eccentric philosophers and dodgy clairvoyants, appalling poets and pocket dictators, vexatious aunts and their vicious hounds.

But that’s not all:
Who is ICEBERG, and why is he covered in chalk?
Why is Jeeves reading Winnie-the-Pooh?
What is seven across and eighty-five down?
How do you play Russian Roulette at The Savoy?

These questions, and more, are answered in Jeeves and the Leap of Faith — an homage to P.G. Wodehouse, authorized by his estate, and essential reading for fans of The Master.

Tinkety-tonk!

Reseñas de la Crítica

The whirligigging plot almost spins out of control here, but don't worry: Jeeves takes care of that just fine. Great fun--another round, please!—Booklist

Wodehouse’s droll byplay between master and servant is emulated well… [Schott] succeeds at keeping his many plates spinning. This’ll be a hoot for Wodehouse fans.—Publishers Weekly

This homage to P.G. Wodehouse is so good that a blind reading (i.e. a genuine ‘Plum’ versus Schott’s pastiche) would be a tricky call. Everything is in its place...the sheer luxury, wealth and self-assurance of Bertie’s world is brilliantly evoked with all its enviable light-heartedness intact. A masterpiece in every sense.

—Daily Mail

ABCD

Bertie is less the well-meaning simpleton of Wodehouse,'s world and Jeeves has a more human side. It is, however the word play paired with character and plot development that create long hours of pleasurable reading and listening. The able, actually superlative, narrative skills further enhance the audio version. There are rare examples of comedic writing such as Wodehouse penned; but this work, as Gussy and Bertie would have said, rise ABCD.

If you love Wodehouse, it would be injudicious to skip this treat!

In this novel, author Ben Schott did a tremendous job writing an original and engrossing caper while staying within the parameters of the world created by PG Wodehouse. The wordplay throughout is just wonderful. Witty, inspired and great fun!

Also, the reader was a joy to listen to except for one thing. There is a slightly irksome mispronunciation of a Cambridge college that comes up over and over again. Aside from that, it was wonderful reading! :)

Another tour de force by Ben Schott!

What ho! So so good! The language is a dream, the plot suitably twisted and multi-layered. The narration is perfection. The story is just begging to be made into a screenplay. Having watched the Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster episodes I can just picture the many predicaments and adventures Bertie tumbles in to. I’m sure I will listen to this again and pick up even more of the clever word gymnastics! Just a delight!

Worthy of Wodehouse

With "Jeeves and the Leap of Faith", Ben Schott has somehow improved on his previous Jeeves novel, "Jeeves and the King of Clubs". The language in this book is absolutely beautiful, capturing perfectly the feel of the Wodehouse style. What's more, the characterisations are perfectly on-key.

The performance by the narrator is superb, as Daniel Ings does an impressive array of accents, from plummy public school, to dignified RP, to Cockney, to West Country, to Scottish.

However, the director let the actor down by not catching a few mispronunciations. For example, the surname of Barmy Fotheringhay-Phipps is meant to be pronounced "fungy-phipps"; but in this performance the name is pronounced as spelt. Also, the name of Aunt Dahlia's chef Anatole is mispronounced as "Anatoly".

The failure of the publisher Hachette to hire a director who is steeped the Wodehouse œuvre shows a lack of respect towards the subject matter, and constitutes an insult to the author and his audience.

Fortunately, the instances of these mispronunciations are few, and so they do not significantly mar an otherwise excellent performance of this beautiful work. Notwithstanding the directorial errors, anyone who has become accustomed to the performances of Martin Jarvis and Jonathan Cecil as narrators will be impressed with Ings's performance here.

Wodehouse fans will love this book, as will anyone who is tickled by a dexterous use of the English language. Schott has succeeded, and gloriously so.

Entertaining

A strong effort to write another Jeeves story. There are ridiculous misadventures, attempting to get away with something petulant before caving in to what Jeeves wants due to his help, bothersome relatives, romantic misadventures and a variety of comedic moments.