Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin

As much as the oddity the title communicates, that much it is intricately related to the storyline of the book. The title threw me off at first and I thought it might be some silly rendition of disconnected stories, but after finishing the book, I agree with the author, P.G. Wodehouse of this being the perfect title.
Montrose Bodkin, a man with a silver spoon falls in love with a hockey athlete, who thinks her word and her dad are the world, and is engaged. The dad is, let's just say, not the guy we would want a romantic hero to have as a father - in - law. He allows the engagement to continue but marriage only on the condition that Monty would earn his own bread for a year.
With a little bit of a trick, Monty obtains the position. In this position, he captivates the heart of his secretary but he is still in love (or, so he thinks) with the hockey athlete, Gertrude. At the end of the year, his potential father - in - law tells him that the job would not be acceptable as he got the job through tricking.
Disheartened, he sees his secretary there, who says she is there because she is trying to get the heart of the man she loves. Monty requests her to help in finding him a job. It is done at her current employer. This 'new' employer is again his old employer, but since there was no trick to getting this job, he thinks this would be valid enough for his FIL.
During the duration of this new job, he finds a friend in his boss, finds a stubborn and annoying character in the Gertrude and an angel in his ex-secretary. Along the evolution of the story, there is also a intertwining of theft plan by 3, who are known to Monty's employer. Monty's employers possess a pretty pearl necklace that the theives are eyeing.
How all these events unfold and fall in place to the satisfaction of all characters forms the climax of this comic telling. An enjoyable read.