Roddy Stanhope Elworthy earns a modest income but yearns for the Dolce Vita. A win on the Premium Bonds gives him the chance to pose as Captain Ellerson at the grandest local hotel, where there is also a roulette room and a gaming table. After one or two weekends in true 'Ellerson' style, Roddy runs short of cash, but 'Ellerson' must be kept in the manner he's rapidly becoming accustomed to. A simple burglary is all it will take ... 'An amusing, neat and unpretentious novel - a thoroughly professional piece of work' TLS ...
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Roddy Stanhope Elworthy earns a modest income but yearns for the Dolce Vita. A win on the Premium Bonds gives him the chance to pose as Captain Ellerson at the grandest local hotel, where there is also a roulette room and a gaming table. After one or two weekends in true 'Ellerson' style, Roddy runs short of cash, but 'Ellerson' must be kept in the manner he's rapidly becoming accustomed to. A simple burglary is all it will take ... 'An amusing, neat and unpretentious novel - a thoroughly professional piece of work' TLS 'Sheer good humour shines out of Mr Meynell's books' Scotsman
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket 8vo. pp 190. Original publishers dark green boards lettered silver gilt at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. ISBN: 0333343158 Fore-edges browned and slightly discoloured itherwise fine in fine dust jacket.
