A Riviera villa. An author in the great tradition and a beautiful girl. A bizarre plot. Betrayed, he disappears.

Tiime passes. A musungu (white) "goes tropical" in a remote Ethiopian village. Chance word of new wrongs brings roars of laughter.

Marseilles. A shadowy figure lands.

Keywords: Literary Novel,  Riviera Writer's Betrayal, Settling Of Accounts, Ethiopian Exile, Herman Melville Influence, Henry James Influence, Vladimir Nabokov Influence, Highbrowish Retribution Theme, Seriocomic Tone