Psmith Journalist with Matthew Bellwood

Host Ian Cockburn (of the Shropshire Cockburns) is rejoined by storyteller and writer Matthew Bellwood to discuss Psmith Journalist, the third Psmith novel, and one of the first of Wodehouse's novels to be set in America. The novel first appeared in The Captain from 1909-10 but didn't appear in book form till 1915, by which point it had already been repurposed in 1912 for the US version of The Prince and Betty

A tale of yellow journalism in gangland New York.

This podcast contains spoilers, and some discussion of racism.

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Other works by Wodehouse mentioned

Mike and Psmith

The Luck of the Bodkins

Psmith in the City

The Prince and Betty