";Britain’s best parodist."; Michael BywaterTall, rake-thin, and copiously moustachioed, Henry St Liver is at first glance not an impressive specimen. But the moment he is confronted with a mystery to solve one with a risqué element he is transformed into a positive genius of detection and decision.
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Gary Dexter is a bona fide expert on Victorian attitudes to sex. He is also a columnist for the Guardian, The Times and the Spectator. His first book WHY NOT CATCH 21? was first published in 2007 and widely praised.
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