It is 1910, the great gambling year, and Edward Henry Machin has just made three hundred pounds on rubber shares without leaving Bursley. Restless all the same, he sets out for London, where a chance encounter launches him into the theatrical world, and before long he is building a theatre of his own and dealing with actresses, aristocrats and impresarios.
The comic sequel to The Card, with Bennett’s irrepressible hero let loose in the West End. Download the free EPUB.