Publisher's Synopsis
Kennedy is a lecturer with a lifelong attachment to the figure of Sir John Falstaff, and a pretty naive line in research: he believes that literary character exists and needs to prove it, but he can't speak the language of his profession, he can't even tell a story. A green-eyed Welshman keeps appearing. Arthur Mountain is an outrageous talker with peculiar opinions (on religion, history, education, law), and his reputed to have killed a man. He helps Kennedy to tell his story, but what is it he wants in return?
