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I can’t remember where I got The Cat Nappers by PG Wodehouse, but it must have come from a local library or book sale as it was once housed at the Brielle Library.

After Wooster visits the doctor and is urged to move to the country for clean living, he and Jeeves must find their way out of another pickle, this one involving aunts, engagements, spots on the chest, horses, an African explorer and one friendly cat.

I’ve read or listened or watched quite a few Jeeves and Wooster stories now, and this one felt quite diierent to me. Although Wodehouse’s most famous characters are always self referencial, this book felt especially so. I wondered why so I looked up this book and it turns out that this is the last J&W book ever written. This book was called Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen when it was released, but changed to The Cat Nappers in America. Makes sense to me! One of the reasons I love Wodehouse’s books are their truly and uniquely British ideals and languages. But this title might be too British for those not in the know. If you hadn’t read of Wooster’s lamenting his aunts before, you might not get it. This book touches on Bertie’s fear and angst of Aunts, his love of creating his own single letter abbreviations, J&W’s habit of running into people with whom they have already had encounters (usually of the unpleasant kind) and many more tidbits and treats that are common in these stories but in a more intese fashion. So I wouldn’t recommend this book to new readers of Wodehouse or Jeeves and Wooster, but I would recommend it to those familiar with the characters, those that love romping British Country Side Adventures, and readers who might like a yarn about stealing cats.

Have you read any books staring this bumbling and balance duo?