tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post5290893730908203385..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-3591490728551192222008-02-29T22:13:00.000+00:002008-02-29T22:13:00.000+00:00Wodehouse mined a narrow seam; but he exploited it...Wodehouse mined a narrow seam; but he exploited it to the full. His plots, for me at least, carry virtually no interest--as you say, it's the use of language which is magnetic.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-38271475697228234442008-02-29T18:10:00.000+00:002008-02-29T18:10:00.000+00:00“The inconceivable, sir, is rarely possible.”Brill...“The inconceivable, sir, is rarely possible.”<BR/><BR/>Brilliant line.<BR/><BR/>As to PG Wodehouse, he seems to be a writer's writer. The critics thought he was entertaining enough but not really a writer of the first rank. Yet any number of writers from any number of genres can go on and on about how he used language.<BR/><BR/>Oh, well. Comedies seldom win major Oscars, either.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.com