Very clever. Gussie is off in America chasing a chorus girl. Bertie Wooster is sent by this aristocratic family to bring him back. Nice reversal, the chorus girl's father won't have Gussie as a son-in-law unless he joins vaudeville and gets some acting skill. Gussie's mother comes out . . . she was once in vaudeville and . . . was in love with Gussie's would be father in law. She gives up her fake aristocratic airs, hooks up with Gussie's soon to be in-law, and all ends happily. 5/5 terrific
Follows Sadie and Sam (Mazer) from childhood to mid-thirties when both are feeling old and a bit out of it in the gaming world. Characters are well-rounded, develop throughout the novel in interesting way. Plot is involved but sensible. Not a single, "Oh, come on!" moment. The book could have been faster paced. Odd, since the main topic is video games which are not for their speed of engagement and Gabrielle Zevin clearly knows her video games. Recommended by Michael Connelly in an interview. He also has Bosch pick up the book in his novel, Resurrection Walk, as Bosch tails a possible witness to a crime as she moves through a bookstore. Sadie and Sam do not get together at the end, which is good. Marx killed by homophobic nutcase who really wants to kill Sam, but Sam isn't there. Marx is father of Sadie's child.
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