Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This review is written a year after I listened to the audiobook, so details are scant, but this was one of the best audio choices I made.

A more-or-less totally fake memoir of Thames boat trip by three upper class twits in the late 19th century. Life on the Mississippi for the Eton crowd, as it were.

"Jerome K. Jerome" (the character) is a bit like Bertie Wooster, self-absorbed, pampered and clueless. He does, however, have a knack for narrating hilarious scenes of embarrassment and self-inflicted pain. He generally lacks Bertie's good nature or touching loyalty to his friends, which is actually good since he is so often the victim of his own shallowness that I was glad it wasn't happening to a nicer guy. There are some wry observations and wisdom but mostly just a series of very funny sketches.