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- From: sachin@iastate.edu (Sachin S Sapatnekar)
- Subject: Re: Jeeves Canon
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:37:38 GMT
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- In article <Jan26.022335.74581@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> kannan@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Kannan Subramanian) writes:
- >Yes. "Leave it to Psmith," however, delivers more, IMO.
- >
- >A less known Psmith novel is "Psmith Journalist" in which Psmith takes over
- >(ably aided by Mike Jackson) the running of a newspaper in New York City (while
- >its editor is away on vacation in Europe).
-
- It's been a long time since I read this one, so I may be mistaken...
- but are you sure that Mike Jackson appears in this book? It's set
- in New York, isn't it?
-
- >-kannan
-
- >ps -
- >
- >Psmith flirting with crime is a potent motif. The following advert for
- >employment from "Leave it to Psmith," for example, is a work of art.
- >
- >
- > L E A V E I T T O PSMITH !
- >
- > Psmith Will Help You
- >
- > Psmith Is Ready For Anything
- >
- > DO YOU WANT
- >
- > Someone To Manage Your Affairs?
- > Someone To Manage Your Business?
- > Someone To Take The Dog For A Run?
- > Someone To Assassinate Your Aunt?
- >
- > PSMITH WILL DO IT
- >
- > CRIME NOT OBJECTED TO
- >
- > Whatever Job You Have To Offer
- > (Provided It Has Nothing To Do With Fish)
- >
- > LEAVE IT TO PSMITH !
- >
- > Address Applications to `R. Psmith, Box 365'
- >
- > LEAVE IT TO PSMITH !
-
- Masterly, indeed!
-
- If you have access to this book, could you post the part where
- Psmith lands up at Paddington(?) to meet Freddie, with a pink
- chrysanthemum in his lapel?
-
- Sachin
-