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Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Oct. 17–23

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Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Oct. 17–23
Dustin Bass,Barbara Danza,Jeff Minick,Mark Lardas
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This week, we feature a humorous British fiction jaunt and an autumnal kids’ book with just the right amount of scary.

Humor

‘Psmith, Journalist’

By P. G. Wodehouse

The third of Wodehouse’s four Psmith (the P is silent) novels, it finds the eccentric ex-Etonian Rupert Psmith in early 1900s New York City, with his friend Mike Jackson, who is on a cricket tour. There he befriends Billy Windsor, temporary editor of a newspaper called Cosy Moments, and joins its staff. The two transform it into a crusading weekly, getting involved with tenement reform, New York City gangs, and prizefighting. A hilarious romp, it shows why Psmith was one of Wodehouse’s most beloved characters.

Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the “American Tales” podcast and cofounder of “The Sons of History.” He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.