num_pages: 244
description: An early Wodehouse novel, this is both a sporting story and a tale of friendship between two boys at boarding school. Mike (introduced in Mike at Wrykyn) is a seriously good cricketer who forms an unlikely alliance with old Etonian Psmith ('the P is silent') after they both find themselves fish out of water at a new school, Sedleigh. Full of entertainment, the plot reaches a satisfying conclusion as the pair eventually overcome the hostility of others and their own prejudices to become stars. Even readers uninterested in cricket are likely to be gripped by descriptions of matches, but the real meat of the book is to be found in the characters, especially the elegant Psmith, one of Wodehouse's immortal creations, who features in three of his later novels.
language: English
title: Mike and Psmith
titlecomplete: Mike and Psmith (Psmith, #1)
characters: Mike Jackson, Rupert Eustace Psmith
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, School Stories, Comedy, Humor, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 2665
places: United Kingdom
series: Psmith, Mike, School Stories
publisher: 1st World Library