An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepenthe for a short stay on passage to England, and is soon caught in the midst of a wild and exuberant cast of fellow visitors and residents.

An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepthene for a short stay on his passage to England. Soon he is caught up in the wild and exuberant antics of visitors and residents.

'A fascinating book, in the original sense of the adjective - spell-binding, mesmeric, and sometimes disturbingly prophetic ... We leave it slightly drugged and mystified, yet somehow slighly more aware of things than when we started' Jan Morris.