Girl 20

Douglas Yandell a youngish music critic is enlisted by Kitty Vandervane to keep an eye on her roving husband the eminent conductor and wouldbe radical Sir Roy as he embarks on yet another affair. Roy meanwhile wants Douglas as an alibi for his growing involvement with Sylvia an unsuitably young woman who loves nothing more than to shock and provoke. Life soon becomes extremely complicated as Douglas finds himself caught up in a frantic farcical tangle of relationships rivalry and scandal. Girl 20 is a merciless sendup of 1970s Londons permissive society from a master of uproarious comedy. With a new introduction by Howard Jacobson.