A Tale of the Drummer, the Reporter and the Prestidigitateur
by
Arlo Bates
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
In the early 1880s, a novel called Mr. Isaacs by Francis Marion Crawford set the publishing world on fire, rocketing to the top of the bestseller lists. Soon afterwards, Arlo Bates released Mr. Jacobs, a satirical send-up of that novel, riffing on the colonialism and naval-gazing of Mr. Isaacs.