Poet's pub

Somewhere somebody called this book cut-rate Wodehouse. I think that's a little unfair. Finding a copy in a secondhand book shop some time after thoroughly enjoying Linklater's Private Angelo some time ago, I had high hopes which weren't entirely realised, but I will cut a little slack for this being an example of his very early work. There are a few continuity errors, and one or two anachronisms (did anybody else notice that Wesson never mentioned the 1.55pm train when talking to Nelly, but later in the book she recalls his complete nonchalance when apparently doing so?). However it's an enjoyable romp that prompts the odd chuckle. Linklater is an erudite and learned author, and Poet's Pub points towards his later, more polished work.

This is another case of a 3.5 star book to which it is fairer to round up to 4 stars than down to 3.