An Instance of the Fingerpost

[masanobu_tomoe]

A murder has been committed in Oxford, 1600s. Grove, a conservative prelate (or something like that - I've never really understood Church's hierarchy), candidate for Easton Parva and quite libertine has appeared poisoned in the room he occupied in the College.

Four characters, fictional and historical, narrate their versions of the facts. Among them

Comments

[stella_sabian]

HOW COULD HE BE CALLED AS CONSERVATIVE AND LIVERTINE AT THE SAME TIME? :)

[masanobu_tomoe]

Because in this novel every character has hidden traits. I tried to show some of the apparent contradictions of which facts are imbued