French Leave

by P.G. Wodehouse
Category: "Fiction - Humorous Novels"
Pages:206
Year of Publication:1956
Date Read:12/09/2006
Notes:French Leave does not feature any of Wodehouse's regular characters or settings, but tells a typically Wodehousian tale of troubled lovers, impoverished aristocrats, millionaires, servants and policemen, mostly set in the fictitious French resort of Roville.
My Rating: 8

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Review - French Leave

I can never remember anything about a Wodehouse novel a week after I've read it, but while I'm actually reading, I find them humorous and diverting.

This one involves three American sisters who decide to spend an unexpected bit of cash on a once-in-a-lifetime vacation at a French resort. What follows is a parade of misunderstandings, love affairs and silliness involving an extremely rich American, an impoverished French Marquis, an aspiring author, a manipulative ex-wife and an enthusiastic policeman. I laughed out loud on several occasions.

I'd say more, but I'm already forgetting ...
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