Arigato

Novel - The first half of the book concerns itself with fleshing out the main character Capt. Colin Huntington, Royal Navy (ret), the quintessential English gentleman. Capt. Huntington has impeccable taste when it comes to wine and food. His manners and mode of dress are beyond reproach. He has a Rolls Royce, a French mistress and a wealthy American wife whose political connections would put any Kennedy to shame. Capt. Huntington has only one fault. He is a compulsive gambler who, because of some deep seated aberrant psychological need, enjoys losing more than winning. Condon presents all this with delightfully outrageous, over-the-top humor. So far so good. But, in the second half of the book, something goes awry.