The Pothunters
by P. G. Wodehouse
When someone walks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agoga. Could this be an internal task? At stake is nothing more than the honor of St. Austin, let alone the reputation of Jim Thomson, a great athlete with the ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this fascinating novel of school life, the first book he published, Waterhouse shows an aversion to storytelling and characterization, not to mention a keen ear for school language flows that are still recognizable for more than a century. But what sets the story apart from others of the same genre is the countless humorous touches that refer to the master of comedy in production.
