num_pages: 144
description: A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade &amp; Grindley. He succeeds, but not quite in the way his employer intended. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies, tears, blackmail and even murder into the lives of all he meets, from Miss Merle Coverdale, head of the typing pool, to Beauty, the resident femme fatale, and even Mr Druce, the unsuspecting Managing Director himself.
language: English
title: The Ballad of Peckham Rye
titlecomplete: The Ballad of Peckham Rye
characters: Dougal Douglas, Merle Coverdale, Trevor Lomas, V.R. Druce
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 2299
places: England, Southwark, London, England
publisher: Penguin Modern Classics