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When O'Hara and Moriarty, two boys at Wrykyn School, tar and feather the statue of a pompous local MP, O'Hara mislays at the scene of their crime a tiny gold bat borrowed from Trevor, captain of the school cricket team. The plot revolves around the fate of this bat and attempts... Read Full Overview

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P. G. Wodehouse's first novel set at the Wrykyn School. The Gold Bat follows the antics, pranks and adventures of two students, O'Hara and Moriarty, as they make their way through school and sport. The mysterious society "The League" also appears. Events include rugby and cricket... Read Full Overview

Schoolboy pranks, japes, and practical jokes abound in The Gold Bat, a novel from beloved British humor writer P.G. Wodehouse. Follow the exploits of two incorrigible jokers as they carry out a series of increasingly bold pranks-and then try, with varying levels of success, to... Read Full Overview

The Gold Bat by P.G. Wodehouse is a humorous sports novel dealing with public school life based on Wodehouse's alma mater. The plot centers around the student's struggles for the last vacancy on the football fifteen and the doings of a mysterious "League" in the school.

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This novel tells of how two boys, O'Hara and Moriarty, tar and feather a statue of the local M.P. as a prank. They get away with it, but O'Hara had borrowed a tiny gold cricket bat belonging to Trevor, the captain of the cricket team, and after the escapade he discovers that... Read Full Overview

Bad enough that schoolboys O'Hara and Moriarty tar and feather a statue of the local M.P. as a prank. But O'Hara "borrowed" a tiny gold cricket bat belonging to Trevor, the captain of the cricket team, and after the escapade he discovers the trinket is missing. Schoolboy honour... Read Full Overview

The Gold Bat is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on 13 September 1904 by Adam & Charles Black, London. Set at the fictional public school of Wrykyn, the novel tells of how two boys, O'Hara and Moriarty, tar and feather a statue of the local M.P. as a prank. They get... Read Full Overview

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at... Read Full Overview

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the third son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at... Read Full Overview