The Art of the Schemer: Pamela Hansford Johnson’s Masterpiece Returns

Skipton’s devious ruses and desperate escapades prove diverting. He amuses with his vicious thoughts and diatribes as well as his brutal depictions of those who have wronged him. He believes his book will be “the greatest novel in the English language.” When finished, it will secure his reputation and bring him glory and riches, “the joy of lordliness, the majesty of the peaceful mind in the well-fed body.”