Palaver at the Pony
Montaigne, Lainie
This light-hearted novel is concerned with the preservation of witty and meaningful conversation. As O'Henry wrote, "One should inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence." The three middle-aged main characters are of widely different backgrounds: Two Welshmen, TEDDY VAUGHAN-JONES, the sophisticate, WILL, the consummate roue', and ELIZABETH, an American of scholarly bent, meet regularly at a pub, THE WELSH PONY....
