London: Cape, 1968. Black boards, pink top page edges. A fine copy, no names, pink top edges bright, in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. A nice copy of the author's second novel, after his hit A DANDY IN ASPIC. "In his coffin awaiting judgment, a once-celebrated playboy and eccentric reflects on the life of debauchery that led him prematurely into limbo." - jacket.