Thomas Heard, Bishop of Bampopo, broken in health by Equatorial Africa, stops on the island of Nepenthe on his way home to England. Under the scirocco he meets its colony of eccentrics, among them a millionaire, a Russian messiah, an inexhaustible antiquarian and assorted ladies of doubtful history, and his English certainties begin to soften.
A witty, talky novel of hedonism and the warm south, for readers who enjoy Aldous Huxley’s country-house comedies. Download the free EPUB.