Psmith in the City with Josh Cockburn
Ian is rejoined by his brother Josh to scrutinise "Psmith in the City" AKA "The New Fold", the second Psmith novel, serialised in 1908-9 and collected in book form in 1910. It is a highly autobiographical account of reluctantly working in a London bank. Mike and Psmith's schooldays are behind them, but Mike is still fixated on cricket and Psmith is still out to cause disruption wherever possible. There will be spoilers and a soupçon of politics. Special thanks to the website Madam Eulalie's Rare Plums. Article mentioned in the show that helped explain the reference to the Unionist party Bradshaw's interview with Wodehouse, quoted in the episode Mark Hodson's annotations of the novel Other Wodehouse books and stories mentioned The Gold Bat Mike at Wrykyn (Jackson Junior) Mike and Psmith (The Lost Lambs) Psmith Journalist Leave it to Psmith Big Money Not George Washington Over Seventy (Autobiography) The Luck Stone The Swoop Money in the Bank "The Goalkeeper and the Plutocrat" "L'affaire Uncle John" "Comrade Bingo" Wodehouse reference books mentioned and/or consulted Richard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work to the End Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Also mentioned The Fosters of Worcestershire Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Leslie Havergal Bradshaw Hall Caine Manchester United Jimmy and Tom Turnbull Jerome K Jerome, Three Men in a Boat George Ade Jack Hobbs The Marx Brothers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
