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The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

A Conversation Piece

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Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to keep insomnia at bay he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban, and as it cruises towards Rangoon, he slips into madness.

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The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Evelyn Waugh

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1999
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A Conversation Piece
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English
Released
1999
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Paperback
Pages
165
ISBN10
0141180218
ISBN13
9780141180212
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Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to keep insomnia at bay he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban, and as it cruises towards Rangoon, he slips into madness.