The Clicking of Cuthbert
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse wrote more than 90 novels and some 300 short stories over 73 years. Best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also brought his readers stories of Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings; the disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club. He wrote lyrics and scripts for composers including Gershwin, Berlin and Porter. In 1936 he received the Mark Twain Medal in recognition of his ‘outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’, and in 1975 he received a knighthood.
Lawrence Donegan is the founder and editor of the literary golf journal McKellar and a former golf correspondent for the Guardian newspaper. His book Four-Iron in the Soul, an account of a year spent caddying on the European Tour, won the United States Golf Association’s 1998 Herbert Warren Wind Award. Donegan currently lives in California and plays to a golf handicap of six. His first novel, Shergar, will be published in 2019.