Ian is rejoined by Alexander Rennie of the "Forgotten Towns" podcast to discuss Mike at Wrykyn, the first half of the double novel Mike, published in 1909. It's a public school story focused on cricket and introduces a new series character.

Other Wodehouse books mentioned

Mike and Psmith

Psmith in the City

Psmith Journalist

Leave it to Psmith

Very Good Jeeves

Ring For Jeeves (the novel where Jeeves appears without Bertie Wooster)

Laughing Gas

The Mating Season

A Gentleman of Leisure

Also referenced:

Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook (copiously)

Richard Usborne, Wodehouse at Work To The End

Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse, A Life in Letters (source of all the letters quoted)

Alec Waugh

Malcolm Muggeridge

George Orwell

The Foster family of Worcestershire

The Haileybury walkout

Clement Atlee

Various cricketers

Victoria Wood

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