First published 2012
Ronald Psmith—poet, gentleman, and professional reinventor of himself—arrives at Blandings Castle with a scheme to save a struggling friend. When the estate's prized pig vanishes and valuable jewelry goes missing, Psmith finds himself entangled in a hilarious web of impersonation, romance, and increasingly ludicrous deception. Everyone wants something: the lovestruck young woman seeking financial rescue, the absent-minded lord protecting his beloved swine, the bumbling relatives each pursuing their own agenda. With razor-sharp wit and perfectly calibrated comic timing, Psmith must navigate aristocratic chaos, dodge suspicion, and somehow emerge triumphant—without revealing his true intentions or getting arrested in the process.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, 20th-century, comedy
Vibes: humorous, whimsical, witty
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, mistaken-identity
293 pages · Paperback · W.W. Norton & Company