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Title: Indiscretions of Archie
Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-26-00
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 58 votes
Genres: Fiction, Humor
Publisher's Summary:
"I think the Cosmopolis is a bally rotten hotel!" Having made a bitter enemy of Daniel Brewster, owner of New York's Hotel Cosmopolis, Archie Moffam (fresh from England) checks out and heads south, where he woos and weds one Lucille Brewster...little thinking. Back at the Hotel Cosmopolis, Archie once again finds himself confronted by Mr. Brewster, who resembles nothing so much as a "man-eating fish." And then the fun begins...
(P)1997 by Blackstone Audiobooks
Members Reviews:
Still Delightful after a Century
Archie Mahoom (pronounced "Moom"), is a typical Wodehouse character--a member of the British upper classes, educated at Eton and Oxford, with no apparent professional skills. After serving in the infantry in World War I, Archie has to figure out what to do with himself.
Hoping for better prospects, he comes to the United States and visits some friends of his family. On the trip he meets--and promptly marries--Lucille Brewster, the daughter of a wealthy New York hotel owner. The young couple stays at the hotel wihile Archie looks for work.
Neither Archie nor his father-in-law knows what exactly Lucille sees in Archie. Readers wonder too, since Archie is not an intellectual giant and seems to be going nowhere in particular in life.
But as the book proceeds, we find that Archie has some fine qualities. He is outgoing and kind hearted , totally devoted to his wife, and quick to lend assistance to others. Among those he helps are a fellow veteran who, because of a war injury, cannot remember his name or anything that happened to him before the war.
There are lots of grim books about war veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life. This, of course, is not one of them. Rather than a chronicle of PTSD, it is a classic sitcom. Laughter may have been what people needed most of all after the First World War. We can still use some now.
A very early, less-than-mature work from the Master
This book's greatest value is that it provides insight into where the genius Wodehouse was early in his writing career. The flaws are too numerous to mention and the gems are few and far between. This book appears to have been complied from a series of loosely connected short stories based around a single, not-well-defined character. If I were an editor, I'm not sure I would recognize the latent genius of the author if I didn't know better. I don't think this book is even as well-written as Wodehouse's "Mike" school stories.
It's not Bertie and Jeeves, but it's not bad
This early Wodehouse novel, first published in 1921, is a fast, enjoyable read. It is, I think, the only appearance of Archie Moffam and it's easy to see why. Although the book provides a good display of Wodehouse's brilliant use of language and ingenious plotting, Archie is very similar to, but not as good as, Bertie Wooster -- Wodehouse's finest creation. Like Bertie, Archie is a bumbler and something less than a mental giant. He is also plagued by an obnoxious relative; in Archie's case, his father-in-law, rather than Bertie's infamous aunts. Part of the problem is that Archie, although English, lives in New York City, in a hotel suite provided by his American father-in-law. Most of Bertie's stories are set in England.
