Wodehouse Nuggets

Timid young men named "Galahad" and "Gussie," overweight vicars, carnivore aunts and young women with voices like "beer trickling out of a jug." All of these and more were written by P.G. Wodehouse, master of the insanely sublimely silly. Richard Usborne selects the best of Wodehouse's surreal and witty words. Sometimes he lifts a fragment of a sentence, sometimes a whole paragraph -- but he always keeps it in the right place. The quotes from Wodehouse's many books are neatly divided into categories: Golf, Literature and Art, Family Affairs, Stage and Screen, and many others. There's even a chapter devoted to witty insults, in case you need something to yell in a traffic accident. ("He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.")For those who want an introduction to Wodehouse, this is a good sampler. And for those who want to refresh themselves in his funny prose, this is a must-have. Where else can you find a marriage proposal that consists of "I asked her if she would like to see my name on her tombstone"?