When it comes to making a choice between characters of all sizes and shapes created by P G Wodehouse, one would be left twiddling one’s thumbs. A sense of bafflement would overwhelm us. Our minds boggle. Not so for the jury which declares the winner. They happen to be used to a pitiless analysis of characters and situations. They have nerves of chilled steel.
Pig….hoooooo….eeeey!
Having taken the obligatory swigs of orange juice, it gives me great pleasure to announce the prize winner of the ‘Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party’ competition. Judging was more difficult than expected. I’m only sorry there aren’t enough prizes to go around.
The entries deserves some discussion, beginning with Sally — what a wonderful name for a Wodehouse lover. Sally was quick off the mark in suggesting Cakebread, butler of Shipley Hall in Money in the Bank. A fine answer. Even the name Cakebread implies calories. Those of you who’ve read Money in the Bank will also know it’s an alias. Cakebread isn’t Cakebread. He’s not a real butler either. But he is large.
‘The newcomer, as the sound of his footsteps had suggested, was built on generous lines. In shape, he resembled a pear, reasonably narrow at the top but getting wider and wider all the way down and…
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What Ho, Ashok. Thanks for reblogging this. I would like to clarify a point of misunderstanding though. I am definitely rating, judging, or ranking P.G. Wodehouse’s characters here, beyond the purpose of a fun, little prize.
Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party by Alexander McCall Smith won this year’s Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (for best new comic fiction). I wanted to give away a copy of the book, and thought it might be fun to celebrate the larger characters in Wodehouse. Entrants were asked to nominate their favourites and I picked a ‘winner’ — which was an entirely subjective and far more difficult process than expected.
Having been through the exercise, I can now confirm that my nerves more closely resemble jelly than chilled steel.
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Thanks for reclarifying the process and the fun way devised by you!
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