![]() ![]() It is one of those novels in which a lot more is meant to have been said than actually ever is. The adventures are very funny indeed, but the philosophical implications are less so. ![]() He also runs into an Independent Socialist leader, and finally, Hugo Belfounder, a sort of "natural" man. ![]() Jake and Finn first turn to Dave, a philosopher friend then Jake goes on to Anna, an old flame whom he possibly really loves and Anna hands him on to her sister, Sadie, a serpentine film actress who probably loves him, and from whom he escapes. A light and gay, for the most part, English novel of what Jake Donaghue goes through before he finds a new place to live when Madge kicks him our- along with his friend Finn- for the sake of Sacred Sammy Starfield, fabulous bookie and spiv. ![]()
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