Uncle and his Detective Frank Tallis an exploration of what it

an exploration of what it is to be English

a publicity agent

John Wells' old CIA bosses ask him to go over and investigate

His grasp on what he once was and what he once knew

And when he emerges

Uncle and his Detective Frank Tallis an exploration of what itIt begins with the arrival not of a detective, but of disaster: Badfort is for sale, but when Uncle decides to buy it, demolish it, and build a pleasantly appointed park on the site, he is forestalled. Beaver Hateman has sold it cheaply to someone on the condition that he, Hateman, is allowed to stay on as a paying guest. Forgetting that the man who has bought Badfort is certain to regret the "bargain", Uncle tries to console himself by continuing his