From London Far

As Meredith, an academic, stands in a Bloomsbury tobacconist waiting for his two ounces of tobacco, he murmurs a verse of “London, a Poem” and is astounded when a trap door opens into the London Catacombs, bringing him face to face with the Horton Venus, by Titian. From then on he is trapped in a maze of the illicit art trade, in the company of the redoubtable Jane Halliwell.

In timp ce Meredith, un academician, sta intr-un tutungist din Bloomsbury, care asteapta cele doua uncii de tutun, el murmura un verset din „Londra, un poem” si este uimit cand o usa se deschide in catacombele londoneze, aducandu-l fata in fata cu Horton Venus, de Titian. De atunci este prins intr-un labirint al comertului ilicit de arta, in compania redutabilei Jane Halliwell.