Novice and Other Stories

Geordie Kinloch is 'set up' by experienced financiers and finds himself heavily compromised, but fate takes a hand. Palenque is a ruined Mayan city in the jungles of Tabasco in Mexico. It was the intended climax of a bohemian pilgrimage to Central America but became the scene of bitter disappointment. The Billet Doux arrived one morning and inspired Geordie to the heights of mischief, but his practical joke misfired with painful consequences.