At an assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva, speeches on modern warfare and the poet Dante are interrupted when delegates begin to disappear. A young journalist in disguise follows the trail through committees, secretariats and hotels, while Macaulay pokes fun at internationalist idealism and the press that reports it.
A witty 1922 satire dressed as a mystery, for readers of Waugh and the early Agatha Christie. Download the free EPUB.