The Coming of Bill with Gwen Sheldon

Gwen Sheldon has stayed on the line to help me look at The Coming of Bill (1919, but really 1914), Also known as Their Mutual Child or The White Hope, it's a rare serious novel (though featuring some choice quips) with a plot supplied for Wodehouse by a helpful magazine editor called Bob Davis. There will be spoilers.  Content note: discussion of eugenics, nazis, racism, death, and general bad times. (Surely some mistake? -Ed) You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com forward me your spare Colombian gold at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping or follow the show on Bluesky or Facebook Please tell your friends about the show: our publicity budget was lost in some unwise stocks and shares shenanegans. Reference works consulted Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook Richard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work to the End Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff, Who's Who in Wodehouse Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Other works by Wodehouse mentioned: My Man Jeeves The Man Upstairs and Other Stories Bring on the Girls (with Guy Bolton) "A Prisoner of War" Piccadilly Jim Jill the Reckless "By Advice of Counsel" "The Good Angel"  "Love Me, Love My Dog"  A Damsel in Distress The Little Nugget The Globe 'By the Way' Book The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories Also mentioned:  Bob Davis Jack Johnson James Jeffries Wodehouse's adopted daughter Leonora Cazalet Rembrandt van Rijn The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air L M Montgomery, The Blue Castle Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events Short musical snippets included or parodied: Noël Coward, "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans" Dire Straits, "Lady Writer" Helen Morgan, "Bill" (Wodehouse/Kern) Elvis Presley, "Old Shep" Nobuyoshi Koshibe and Katsuo Ohno, Theme from "Mysterious Cities of Gold" The Gothic Archies, "Scream and Run Away" "Napoleon" (Wodehouse/Kern) Kimya Dawson, "It's Been Raining" Kenny Carter, "Showdown" The Seven Inches (my band) "Our Gang of Friends" and "Bad Genes" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.