THE FACILITATORS: OR MISTER HOLE-IN-THE-DAY. by Redgrove, Peter

Routledge & Keegan Paul, London, (1982), Ist edition. 173 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket"(T)ells the story of the mysterious Institute of Facilitation, which is haunted by the elusive Director, Jacqueline Dimitrios, MD, who may be the richest woman in the world. She may also be dead, murdered, as her staff often pose as Madame Dimitrios, and are instructed to deny they are not Madame. Undaunted by her mystery, three suitors to the hand of the richest woman enter the Institute on the pretence that they are patients, and require to be 'facilitated' until they are well again: they are in fact intent on marrying her money. They are told that they must find in themselves a madness so strange that it will make Madame laugh aloud; then and only then will she marry the fortunate suitor..." Minor wrinkle at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, very light edge wrinkling, minor rubbing. VG/VG.