This is a novel about a professor who contemplates suicide, changes his mind and then becomes involved with a Czech boy, his uncle, various members of the secret service, and a group of conservationists embattled against gypsies capturing badgers.
John Griffith Bowen was a British playwright and novelist. He was born in Calcutta, India, and worked in publishing, drama and television. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gr...
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