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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