#655 Neck- Roald Dahl
Sir Basil Turton has just inherited his father’s estate, title and control of a large newspaper and media empire. He is forty and single and the sudden target of every single socialite in England. He is a recluse and manages to avoid entanglement for a while, but eventually gets snagged by a foreign beauty who quickly takes her new position and uses it to its full potential.
Years later, both Lady and Sir Turton are rarely seen in public, but a gossip columnist has secured a weekend invitation to their country estate. What follows is a scene of English High societal weekending. Drinks, gossip, a little intrigue and meddling butler. Normally I would not enjoy a short story about English high society (just not my thing) but Dahl has a way of telling a good yarn. The buffoonery is pretty spectacular.
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