Young men in spats

Wodehouse is at his most sparkling in this collection of stories concering members of the Drones Club.

Pongo Twistleton and Freddie Widgeon may be small of brain and short of cash but they are always good for ingenious adventures, especially when it comes to falling in love with the wrong girl or cooking up hopeless schemes to make money.

They and their contemporaries populate a series of vignettes in which the plot-twists keep you on your toes while the jokes keep on coming.