My old man was a handful From: The Spectator | Date: January 10, 1998| Author: | Copyright Spectator Jan 10, 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

My old man was a handful John Michell

PARADISE FEVER

by Ptolemy Tompkins Bloomsbury, 12.99, pp. 286

Ptolemy has a remarkable father, Peter Tompkins, who drove him crazy while providing the material for this brilliant book. Peter is a United States citizen, but most of his childhood was spent in Europe, at an English public school, Stowe, and in Italy where he grew up speaking the language. This qualified him as a spy and, with his great nerve and courage, made him a very successful one. In the second world war he infiltrated the staffs of German commanders, posing as an Italian fascist, ...

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