Piccadilly Jim

This is the novel that made Wodehouse famous, before the Jeeves and Blandings books. Jimmy Crocker, who is famous in British press as “Piccadilly Jim,” returns to New York, gets involved in the kidnapping of his spoiled cousin Ogden and falls in love with Ann Chester, who is behind the plot. Wodehousean confusion ensues, with multiple imposters (including Jim impersonating himself), butlers, aunts and hen-pecked husbands and a very odd detective.