Psmith in the City

By: P. G. Wodehouse

Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil

Psmith and his friend Mike are sent by their fathers to work in the City. But work is the last thing on Psmith's mind; surely there are more interesting things to do with the day than spend it in a bank? Unfortunately the natives aren't conducive to his socialising within work hours, but all's fair in love and work as the monocled Old Etonian, with a little grudging help from Mike, begins to rope in allies in order to reform the bank manager and make him A Decent Member of Society. And if all else fails, there's always blackmail.©2014 P.G. Wodehouse (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Woodhouse & Cecil at their best

It doesn’t get better than this for Woodhouse and Cecil fans. As good as Uncle Fred in the Springtime and Laughing Gas

Master of the English Prose

Wodehouse met with controversy in his life, and was often undervalued as a literary figure because his writing didn't skirt the confectionery: it planted itself firmly in the middle of it. The more I read or listen to his work the more I'm utterly bowled over by his precision, clarity, invention - and by the utter genius of his comic timing. He might not be the deepest writer, but he is the most deeply superficial one ever to trot the boards of that stickiest of wickets: English prose. And Jonathan Cecil is something like the incarnation of the Buddha of the perfect Wodehousian voice.

Among the very best

Beautifully read. Among the funniest of Wodehouse's vast treasure trove. Mischief from start to finish.

The Unflappable Poise of a Shropshire Psmith

He never takes serious people seriously. He maintains an unruffled calm in the face of others’ displeasure, pretending to misunderstand their manifest perturbation. He is a joy, a treat, and a model for a happy life.

I’ve never understood Frances Donaldson’s contention, in her Wodehouse biography, that the character Psmith was somehow an impediment to his creator's development as a writer. I’ve always wished there were as many Psmith books as there are volumes of Jeeves and Wooster, Blandings Castle and Mr. Mulliner.

Alas, there are not. But enjoy the ones we have. Especially this one, where you’ll find Jonathan Cecil at the peak of his powers.

Great fun

Narrator Cecil makes any book a richer experience and when combined with This author one has the best of all possible combinations.