British satirist Edwards continues to skewer the Establishment with the
misadventures of civil servant Robert Amiss and the keen deductions of his
sleuthing partner, the irrepressible, irreverent Baroness "Jack" Troutbeck.
Edwards, who's filleted the Foreign Office, clobbered a Cambridge college,
jeered at gentlemen in their clubs, and defrocked the clergy in past books, now
pulverizes the world of magazine publishing where to uphold traditions runs
fatal risks.
Fictionalizing some of her own experiences as a journalist, Edwards creates the
revered political rag The Wrangler, then sends in Amiss to sort out a
hemorraghing cash flow, the succession plans of its most noble patron, a
takeover bid from a strong-minded