Hamilton employed a lightly ironic voice, often studded with humorous classical references which had the effect of making the stories both accessible and erudite. In this respect, he has been compared to P. G. Wodehouse, who emerged from a similar period and was also a prolific author in a light-hearted genre . His extraordinary output has been suggested as arising from a very fluent style that came naturally to him and, in turn made the stories very readable , while at the same time being somewhat wordy.