A young man, ‘Dutchy’, reluctantly joins his parents on a family holiday to the Isles of Scilly. Imprisoned after alcohol-induced misadventures, Dutchy and his parents find themselves trapped in a hangover of holidays past, instead of reliving the glories of memory lane.The islands’ detective, PC Wellin, whose life has been touched by the tragedy of alcoholism, is sympathetic to Duchy’s plight. Rather than taking further action, she agrees he can spend the rest of the holiday in a ...

This collection of essays was published in 1989 in celebration of C. O. Brink, formerly Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge University. Ten leading scholars of contribute papers on Latin literature, Roman history and the manuscript tradition.