![]() The latest awfulness is a local writer shot dead on the eve of her engagementand right on time, Felix has turned up, like a charming, well-dressed, bad penny. And perhaps he is, but there's no denying that when awful things happen, Felix is often nearby. : Frog in the Throat: Virginia Freer is enjoying a brief holiday at the cottage of old friends when her estranged husband Felix comes knocking. Virginia has even managed to tell herself that this is a useful trait, that because Felix is such a scoundrel, he has a special genius for sniffing out other people's lies, and this makes him a good detective. He lies the way other people brush hair off their foreheads, all the time and without even noticing they're doing it. He's quite charming, he dresses well, he knows wine.he would have been a perfectly satisfactory husband if he weren't such an utter cad He lies, you see. She doesn't want to believe this after all, even if they haven't lived together for ages, at one time she was terribly fond of him. Virginias trouble is that whenever something awful happens, it is far too easy to imagine that. Virginia's trouble is that whenever something awful happens, it is far too easy to imagine that her husband, Felix, is behind it somehow. Buy a cheap copy of Frog in the Throat book by E.X. ![]()
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