P G Wodehouse is an acknowledged genius.
Every book of his is a delight to read.
The subtle injections of humour that fill his books, the outrageous characters which make you laugh at their every word and every action, the scent of romance that is an integral part of his stories - all add up to give the reader a thoroughly enjoyable reading experience.
Indeed, every work of his makes you lose yourself, forget all your worries, and immerse yourself in the sheer joy of reading Wodehouse.
'Right Ho, Jeeves' (also published as 'Brinkley Manor') is one novel of Wodehouse that is particularly magical.
Like the other Jeeves stories, this one, too, relies heavily on Bertie Wooster's less than sharp-witted nature and Jeeves' genius for much of its humour.
'Right Ho, Jeeves' is special because it is a novel in which Bertie is farthest from sharp wit, and Jeeves' brain power is at its best.
The plot is, like most Wodehouse plots, centered on contrived romantic complications.
The story is set in Brinkley Manor, where Bertie's Aunt Dahlia is holidaying with her daughter Angela, her friend Madeline, and Tuppy Glossop, the man to whom her daughter is engaged.
Bertie's friend Gussie Fink-Nottle has a crush on Madeline.
Bertie is invited to Brinkley Manor, where he realizes that he is faced with the fearful prospect of delivering a speech at a local school.
To avoid the ordeal, Bertie invites Gussie to Brinkley Manor, tempting him with hopes of winning over Madeline.
Bertie's actual intention is, of course, to make Gussie deliver the speech at the school in lieu of him.
Complications arise when Bertie, through his attempts to help Gussie's love, somehow gives Madeline the impression that he is in love with her.
To Bertie's relief, though, she makes it clear that she cannot marry him, as she is in love with another person, who Bertie strongly believes is Gussie.
Gussie, however, is too timid to propose to Madeline.
A comic situation begins to be formed when Gussie is encouraged by Bertie to get drunk to shed his apprehensions.
Gussie, unfortunately, ends up drinking more than what would be considered normal, and goes to the local school to deliver his speech in a heavily inebriated state.
Gussie delivers a riotously hilarious speech, slamming Bertie in an unabashed way, and even taking digs at the school's headmaster.
The speech is loved by the students, but not so much by Bertie and the school's authorities.
To make things worse, Gussie proposes to Angela, and Angela accepts him, just to anger Tuppy.
When bad comes to worse in a Wodehouse novel, the saviour has to be Jeeves.
He sets things right in his typical style, sending Bertie on a long bicycle trip which Bertie later finds out to be futile, and while he is gone, using clever subterfuge to set every single thing right.
Gussie and Madeline come together, Angela and Tuppy come together, and Aunt Dalhia is happy.
Of course, all this happens at the expense of Bertie's honour, which is crashed to pieces by Jeeves in executing his plan.
The scene where Gussie distributes prizes is one of the funniest pieces of writing one can ever come across.
One can read it over and over again, and his lips would twitch into a smile - at the least - every single time.
The entire novel, in fact, is a laugh riot, with Wodehouse's most famous characters at their shining best.
If anytime, you want to brighten your day up with some humour, this is the book you should get your hands on.