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Psmith Journalist

By: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
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Meet Psmith, with a silent 'P' as in psychic. A gallant, charming individual, Psmith has a gift for getting into awful scrapes, and when he takes over a gentile journal known as Cosy Moments with the aid of Billy Windsor, its sub-editor, he turns it into a radical publication...with alarming and hilarious results.
©2014 P.G. Wodehouse (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Very bad sound quality

My enthusiasm for P G Wodehouse stories caused me to overlook the reviews. The sound is muffled and very hard to hear. Do not purchase this audiobook.

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AUDIO QUALITY PERFECT NOW!!

Would you listen to Psmith Journalist again? Why?

Although the book is overall great, the racial slurs against african americans, italians and the irish are very disappointing. Because I love P.G. Wodehouse, it makes me sad to see this side of his character.

If you’ve listened to books by P.G. Wodehouse before, how does this one compare?

This book is great. But, 'Leave It To Psmith' is still the funniest ever.

Have you listened to any of Jonathan Cecil’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Outstanding as always!

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Terrible quality

I'm with Frank. I love Wodehouse and Jonathan Cecil but I can't listen to this.

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Well it is 100 years old

There are many great lines here, and the comic tension between artist Psmith and the New York works pretty well. I wish the racism had been excised (easy to do). The least of the dozen or so Wodehouse works I've listened to or read. For fans only.

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Poor sound quality in format 4

I hope the enhanced version is better. I almost couldn't finish this in format 4. The sound was very muddy and I often couldn't understand what the narrator was saying (a sin in a Wodehouse story). Love Jonathan Cecil and Wodehouse, but not this recording.

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Psmith vs Reality: Something’s Gotta Give

Evelyn Waugh maintained that the world of the Drones and Blandings Castle never really existed. But here we have a story set in New York City, a place that indubitably did exist. Perhaps wanting to present an accurate picture of a town few of his British readers had seen, Wodehouse spends more time than usual painting his backdrop. The result is a colorful snapshot of Gotham, circa 1915.

But in this real city we find real problems: slums, gangs and gunplay. And Psmith, always at his best when snootering those who take themselves too seriously (bank managers, club acquaintances, the efficient Baxter) can sound jarringly frivolous—and tediously long-winded—when dishing out persiflage to those who are in deadly earnest. While I’ve defended other Wodehouse stories from the charge of lack of credibility, here I have to admit that, for a writer whose tempests are usually never larger than a teapot, Psmith and Reality bear more than a passing resemblance to oil and water.

You’ll find delightful moments here, as when Psmith confronts the contributors to Cozy Moments—a group who, to a man and woman, take themselves very seriously. But there are higher spots on the Wodehouse bookshelf. Jonathan Cecil does no more than a passable job this time around. Characters’ voices tend to slip in and out of gear, and not even the gunmen seem to be able to talk good New York.

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Psmith Journalist

Sound quality not up to standards. Don't waste your time. Just too english for my taste even though I'm a fan of the author's other works.

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Ah Psmith

Psmith is an amiable force of nature wrapping all about him up into his schemes. This is an odd duck in the Psmith cannon with a light social concern for New York tenements paired with antics. Be warned there are some unsavory racial slurs tossed about in the colloquial manner of his day and locale.

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Hard to hear

I always enjoy Wodehouse and especially read by Jonathon Cicil, however, the quality of the recording is terrible. Need a quite road, crank the volume but adjust the bass and treble and at the same time turn down your player to minimize static.

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Delightful

Clever and amusing writing, a classic P.G. Wodehouse treat. Impeccable narration. Psmith puts me in mind of a young Uncle Fred.

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