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Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 And Gifts Misspent
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A man endowed with a great gift which he often prositutes by using it to cheat at card games, to identify women who need little or no seducing, and for other selfish ends. Over-confidence brings him within the reach of the law and he serves a jail sentence. With knowledge gained while serving in the Army Medical Corps and a stolen diploma, he is able to pose as a doctor. Not until the close of his life does he become what he could always have been - a great humanitarian.

Notes

  • Based on a police dossier of a man who lived a life such as this.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Robert Hale ,
      1964 .
      Extent: 188p.
      Note/s:
      • Epigraph: 'For good undone and gifts misspent
        and resolutions vain,
        'Tis somewhat late to worry...'
        Adam Lindsay Gordon
Last amended 2 Sep 2005 17:33:24
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