Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
Do Butlers burgle banks? The short answer is, yes. For a longer answer, I would highly recommend spending time in the English countryside town of Wellingford, home to Bonds Bank, and the happenings in Mallow Hall, a short two mile away from Wellingford. Despite featuring misunderstandings between lovers, a somewhat overbearing Aunt, this is not a typical Wodehousean comedy, thanks largely to Horace Appleby, the butler with an impeccable character that you find yourself rooting for, while taking a dim view law enforcement, especially vacationing Scotland Yard detectives. As usual, Wodehouse succeeds in providing many a chuckle, and an occasional guffaw in Do Burlers Burgle Banks? even if the plot is far from having the usual complexity he typically knits.