The bon vivant takes charge of a New York magazineâand gets in a tangle with the mobâin this comic novel by the creator of Jeeves and Wooster.
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When Cambridge student Mike Jackson journeys to New York on a cricketing tour, his good friend Psmith comes along for a laugh. An inveterate dandy and irrepressible wit, Psmith finds New York lacking in entertainmentâuntil he stumbles into the magazine business. Befriending the editor of Cozy Moments, Psmith talks his way onto the editorial staff and has the once-stodgy periodical printing scandalous exposÊs in no time.
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While the paperâs sudden change is upsetting to its subscribers, theyâre no trouble at all compared to the local ruffians whoâve started tailing Psmith. Clearly someone doesnât like what Cozy Moments has to say about local housing conditions. Suddenly Psmith and Mike are wrapped up in a madcap adventure of mass media, gangsters, professional boxing, and lost cats.
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First published in 1915, Psmith, Journalist was included in the BBCâs 2019 list of â100 Novels That Shaped Our World.â