Publisher's Synopsis
A ludicrous story about a farcical place.
Yoxford University came to the attention of the press some years ago and was dubbed "the home of the strange, the deranged and a small fortune". The university was only in the public eye for a few days then all returned to normal and no more was thought of the press reports, no more that is until the recent death of Professor Richard Chaleskins. The professor died a very bizarre death and apparently by suicide. This was shocking enough for all on campus but they were shocked further the next morning when many received a package in the post that Professor Charleskins had apparently posted just before he took his own life. The packages contained copies of a book he had written and had had privately and secretly printed. The book contained cloaked warnings that the historical press reports of Yoxford's small fortune had attracted the interest of organised crime and that they were now about to pounce. To add emphasis to his warning the copy he sent the university's dean he renamed "for whom the horn doth honk, it honks for thee Basil Friggwynt-Witt.
