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The Gold Bat
The Gold Bat
Jan 7, 2026 8:44 PM

Author:P.G. Wodehouse

The Gold Bat

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 to retrieve it, but the real focus of the novel is a vivid portrayal of school life. Though the setting is an English public school in the years before World War 1, so sharp is Wodehouse's ear for the way children talk that everyone will recognise familiar characters and situations, whatever their place of education.

Reviews

The Everyman edition promises to be a splendid celebration of the divine Plum

—— The Independent

A handsome, collectable hardback edition

—— Lynne Truss , The Times

The incomparable and timeless genius - perfect for readers of all ages, shapes and sizes

—— Kate Mosse

This is Harris's best novel to date

—— FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE

A delicious urban fairytale, where killer shoes and Aztec myths battle it out with true love and the seductive power of chocolate

—— DAILY MAIL

Here is a tryly delectable offering... Lush and bewitching, with a dark, mystical heart, this is a novel you can't help but devour greedily

—— EASY LIVING MAGAZINE

One of Britain's most popular novelists

—— DAILY MAIL

She is so terrific, she can write about anywhere, anything, anyone

—— DAILY TELEGRAPH

This fairy-tale for grown-ups is iced with mouthwatering sugar and spice, but its centre is dark and mysterious

—— YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY

A poetic, compelling read

—— DAILY EXPRESS

Sutton's black comedy is not only a timely reminder of how we were all suckered by the credit boom, but also a gripping read

—— John Harding , Daily Mail

If you like your stories spoon-fed, this might not be the novel for you. If you can abandon the cutlery, hand sanitiser and table manners - tuck in

—— The Wharf

A cross between Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho and Martin Amis's Money

—— Daily Telegraph

Its ace, addictive and enthralling

—— Danny Wallace , Daily Mail

Blisteringly angry..,begins as a black comedy but gradually turns much darker with the mad-as-hell narrator suspected of murdering his lovers in London

—— Sunday Telegraph

Sutton shows us everything through Freeman's eyes and he pulls it off very well indeed. A horrible character but a compelling narrator

—— William Leith , Evening Standard

Sutton shows us everything through Freeman's eyes and he pulls it off very well indeed

—— William Leith , The Scotsman

This darkly comic novel with it's brilliantly acute observations of life in London in the 21st Century completely captures the zeitgeist and raises more than a few laughs.

—— Carla McKay , Daily Mail

Gripping and darkly comic tale of 21st-century material greed

—— Shortlist
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