Dr. Fischer of Geneva is a millionaire, owing to his invention of perfumed toothpaste. His more notable accomplishments including the undying enmity of his lovely daughter, and the murder of his wife. Dr. Fischer is also a tireless student of human nature, a cunning seek of truth, who experiments by throwing fabulous parties for the ultra rich . . . to determine just how low they will stoop to gratify their greed. Each party subjects them to greater and greater humiliation, until finally, at one last macabre entertainment, Dr. Fischer's guests will risk not only degradation, but death. "A wickedly inventive piece of black humor." - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

(Key Words: Graham Greene, Black Humor, Fiction, Novels, Geneva).