"A writer of distinction." - E. M. Forster
" A]n unusual, talented book with many good things in it. ...] Stephen Gilbert is an interesting writer, whose material is out of the ordinary run of things." - Anthony Powell
Marcus Brownlow was a strange and imaginative young schoolboy whose dreams sometimes foretold the future. Now he's nineteen, unemployed, directionless, and not ready to grow up. An unexpected invitation from a school friend to visit him at the house of his eccentric millionaire uncle Mr. Burnaby seems to hint at adventure and a change of fortune. But what Marcus...