Antrobus, narrator of these tales of diplomatic misadventure, is the embodiment of everything that makes it what it is. Here, all the Antrobus stories appear for the first time in paperback, accompanied by Marc's memorable and witty drawings. The result is a book to cherish for as long as the FO holds sway over far-flung British interests.

    The introduction note says: "'A Boy Ten Feet Tall' is the African 'Huckleberry Finn', with the Nile substituted for the Mississippi...Each adventure along the way educates the boy, tests him, and is the novelist's short-hand way of describing him growing up."