Dolly and the Bird of Paradise Michael Frayn When the notorious investigative journalist

When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar

though far fewer than before

It’s creepy

Thorn Jack steals a curious crystal from the Treasury of a neighbouring settlement in his coming of age rite-of-passage

Penelope must piece together a tale of war

Dolly and the Bird of Paradise Michael Frayn When the notorious investigative journalistAlso known as Tropical Issue The narrator is a Scots born flower child who has become a celebrity make up artist despite seemingly insurmountable handicaps. She becomes involved with Johnson Johnson in a sometimes deadly, sometimes hilarious, romp across the Atlantic Ocean and various Caribbean islands in pusuit of drug smugglers, who use murder and piracy to gain their ends