<DIV><P>An irresistible novel by multi-talented Stephen Fry, author, film and television star, playwright and newspaper columnist. </P><P>"The spirits of Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh glower benignly over this very funny first novel . . . An ingenious plot filled with surprises and glittering with hilarious, often indecent inventions."&mdash;<I>The New York Times Book Review </I></P><P>"Transforms the sophomoric into the sophisticated."&mdash;<I>Los Angeles Times </I></P></DIV>