Ian talks to Alexander Rennie about the third Wodehouse novel, "The Gold Bat". It's another school story. Despite the title, there is no cricket this time but plenty of rugby and a bit of boxing, ferret-keeping and shadowy secret societies.There will be spoilers.

Alexander's podcast is called "Forgotten Towns".

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I talk about the third book by P.G. Wodehouse, his first short story collection, "Tales of St Austin's", again with a public school theme. There will be spoilers.

Also mentioned in the podcast: Norman Murphy's "A Wodehouse Handbook".

There is a wealth of material at Madame Eulalie including the original magazine versions of these stories.

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Ian talks to Alexander Rennie about the second Wodehouse novel, "A Prefect's Uncle". It's another school story, with a lot of cricket. There will be spoilers.

Alexander's podcast is called "Forgotten Towns".

There is a wealth of material at Madame Eulalie available as always.

Also mentioned in the podcast: Sophie Ratcliffe's "P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters"

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In our first episode we discuss Wodehouse's first book, "The Pothunters" (1902), a public school novel.

There is a wealth of material at Madame Eulalie including annotations of the novel, the serialised version and relevant articles by Wodehouse on school stories.

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