I must admit that I haven’t actually read this book but only listened to it on audio narrated by Martin Jarvis. It is one of the funniest laugh-out-loud books I have ever heard! It is incredible to think that it was written in 1889 and still has much resonance with today. It tells the story of three men who take a boating trip along the Thames River in England – there are lots of cultural and historical facts too!
The three men are based on the author Jerome himself (the narrator ) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who would become a senior manager at Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business) called Harris in the book.
