Laddies and Generalmen

In this witty and topical novel a Chinese student finds himself out of language, out of money and out of step when he arrives in Britain to start a post-graduate course at a city university. In desperation, he turns for help to a Chinese businessman who befriended him at the airport - with disastrous results. The student disappears and his university tutor calls in the police to investigate. Meanwhile people other than the police are investigating the university for a disappearance of an altogether different kind.... ~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul Gubbins is an editor, writer and journalist who has published widely in the international language Esperanto. This is his first novel in English. He lives in the northwest of England with his wife, two cats and a garden railway.