JAMES DELINGPOLE'S THIRD novel is about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. But for all the modernity of its subject matter, its format is rather tradtional: it is a comedy of manners, and a sharp, honest and extremely finny one at that.

Josh Devereux has arrived at Christ Church, Oxford, with a tweed suit and a multitude of insecurities. He feels the burden of Brideshead more than most, drinking the same cocktails as Anthony Blanche and aspiring so persistently to join the Old Etonian set that, when he returns home, he can't

Jul 2003

Doctor Who?

About Five Boys

Weird Science

The Beginning of the End

Accident-Prone Author

Mucus And Marmite

Of All the Gin Joints in All the World

Bad Sex Report 2004

Murder He Wrote

Brick Vs Brill

Drawing A Blank

Ordinary New Yorkers

Sisters Doing it for Themselves

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