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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 co-founder 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.