A slender satirical gem from the âmaster of malice and mayhemâ (The New York Times)
The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a wickedly farcical tale of an English factory town turned upside-down by a Scot who may or may not be in league with the Devil. Dougal Douglas is hired to do âhuman researchâ into the lives of the workers, Douglas stirs up mutiny and murder.
A slender satirical gem from the âmaster of malice and mayhemâ (The New York Times)
The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a wickedly farcical tale of an English factory town turned upside-down by a Scot who may or may not be in league with the Devil. Dougal Douglas is hired to do âhuman researchâ into the lives of the workers, Douglas stirs up mutiny and murder.