'A fascinating book, in the original sense of the adjective spell-binding, mesmeric, and sometimes disturbingly prophetic ... We leave it slightly drugged and mystified, yet somehow slighly more aware of things than when we started' Jan Morris.

Vorwort

First published in 1917, Douglas's roman à clef masterpiece has lost none of its freshness.

Autorentext

Norman Douglas

Klappentext

An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepthene for a short stay on his passage to England. Soon he is caught up in the wild and exuberant antics of visitors and residents.