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One of P.G. Wodehouse's classic school tales of Eckleton, the fictional public school and the adventures of the boys of Kay House, including cricket, rugby, other sports, politics, and life in the village.

This season, Overlook is pleased to offer The Head of Kay's, a school story.

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P. G. Wodehouse's early school novel captures the rivalries, pranks, and spirited competitions of life at an English public school.

Set at the fictional Eckleton School, The Head of Kay's follows the adventures of a group of boys navigating the challenges... Read Full Overview

It is the general view at Eckleton school that there never was such a house of slackers as Kay's. Fenn, head of house and county cricketer, does his best to impose some discipline but is continually undermined by his house-master, the meddlesome and ineffectual Mr Kay. After... Read Full Overview

P. G. Wodehouse's early school novel captures the rivalries, pranks, and spirited competitions of life at an English public school.

Set at the fictional Eckleton School, The Head of Kay's follows the adventures of a group of boys navigating the challenges... Read Full Overview

The Head of Kay's is a classic English humour text is one of P.G. Wodehouse's early novels set in English public schools. The story is about two prefects struggling to keep order in a refractory house, despite the actions of its interfering housemaster.

Sir Pelham Grenville... Read Full Overview

Set at the fictional public school of Eckleton, the story centres upon the "house of Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr Kay, and Kennedy, the head boy.The story features practical jokes, fighting between the boys, burglaries, a mugging in the... Read Full Overview

It is the general view at Eckleton school that there never was such a house of slackers as Kay's. Fenn, head of house and county cricketer, does his best to impose some discipline but is continually undermined by his house-master, the meddlesome and ineffectual Mr Kay. After... Read Full Overview

"When we get licked tomorrow by half-a-dozen wickets," said Jimmy Silver, tilting his chair until the back touched the wall, "don't say I didn't warn you. If you fellows take down what I say from time to time in note-books, as you ought to do, you'll remember that I offered to... Read Full Overview

The Head of Kay's by P. G. Wodehouse delves deep into the world of Eckleton, a fictional English public school, presenting readers with a candid and humorous look at boarding school life in the early 20th century. The story centers around the spirited house of Kay's, which, unlike... Read Full Overview

P.G. Wodehouse is recognized as the greatest English comic writer of the twentieth century, rightly admired throughout the world and translated into more than thirty languages.Launched on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death, this series presents each Overlook Wodehouse... Read Full Overview

P.G. Wodehouse first became a renowned comic writer with his sublimely comic school stories.It is the general view at Eckleton School that there never was such a house of slackers as Kay's. Fenn, head of house and county cricketer, does his best to impose some discipline but... Read Full Overview