THE MYSTERIOUS MR. BADMAN

Novel. First published in 1934. Athelstan agrees to look after a bookshop on the ground floor of his lodgings. On the first day, a vicar, a chauffeur and an out of town stranger enquire after The Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan. When a copy mysteriously arrives and is subsequently stolen, he moves to investigate the significance of the book.