Heavy Weather – P.G. Wodehouse (1933)
A riotous installment in Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle series, Heavy Weather follows the chaotic pursuit of a scandalous memoir that threatens to upend high society. When Monty Bodkin’s manuscript—packed with compromising secrets about the aristocratic Emsworth family—goes missing, a frenzied hunt ensues across the castle’s idyllic grounds. The ever-distracted Lord Emsworth, his formidable sister Lady Constance, and a cast of lovable schemers (including the persistent Beach the butler) collide in a masterclass of comic timing and tangled plots. Wodehouse’s peerless wit and sparkling dialogue shine as misunderstandings pile up, pigs wander into pivotal scenes, and romance blossoms despite everyone’s best efforts to avoid it.
If You Enjoyed This, Try:
- Summer Lightning (1929) – The preceding Blandings novel, featuring the Empress of Blandings pig.
- Right Ho, Jeeves (1934) – More Wodehousian chaos, now with Jeeves and Wooster.
- The Code of the Woosters (1938) – A masterpiece of absurdity and butler-driven solutions.
