'He writes a clear, light prose, and he makes his interests, however bizarre, seem important.' - "Punch"
'One of the more earnest and interesting writers of his generation.' - "The Guardian"
'He has the kind of story-telling power which could charm the birds off the trees.' - "The Journal" (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Gerard Sorme has been hired by a New York publisher to edit a book on Esmond Donelly, notorious 18th-century Irish rake, friend of Rousseau, Boswell and Horace Walpole, and author of a bawdy work on the deflowering of virgins. Sorme's quest for information on Donelly...