An untrustworthy narrator and his two friends are English MPs who have recently lost their seats. They combine forces to replace their lost incomes. One of their dubious schemes involves horse-racing; a second involves the stock market; a third involves the pursuit of an heiress. In these worlds, with their multiple layers of trust and deception, bluff and double bluff, who can be trusted?
This novel is an entertainment in the sense used by Graham a story that ‘shows a profound interest in the interplay of morality and abnormal behavior’.