BOTM: P.G. Wodehouse, Mike and Psmith (1908)
J. Betjeman, Sweet songs of Zion (2007)
L. Booth (ed.), Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2019)T. Clark, Monopoli Blues (2018)
B.D. Ehrman, The Orthodox corruption of Scripture (1993)
C. Fowler, Book of forgotten authors (2017)
C. Freeman, AD 381: Heretics, pagans and the Christian state (2008)
J. Haldeman, The Forever War (1974)
--------, Forever Free (1997)
--------, Forever Free (1997)
--------, Forever Peace (1998)
A. Hamilton, J. Madison, and J. Jay, The Federalist papers (1787)
P.G. Wodehouse, Psmith in the city (1909)
--------, Psmith, Journalist (1910)
It's pretty unclear to me what the best of these was. None were outstanding, though plenty were OK. Forever Free contains possibly the worst ending one can imagine, but I toyed with giving BOTM to Haldeman's 70s classic - in the end, the rest of the book doesn't live up to its brilliant concept. I had the same issues with Ehrman's book, which is the product of outstanding work, but exceptionally hard going (and tells me that Mark 1.1 is wrong). So, in the end, I went for the first of the Psmith novels. It's the best of the three here, and it has cricket as a central part of the plot. It's light relief that I very much needed.
