# The High Flyer

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- Book: [The High Flyer](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholas-shakespeare/the-high-flyer) ([The High Flyer.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholas-shakespeare/the-high-flyer.md))
- Authors: [Nicholas Shakespeare](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholas-shakespeare)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9946-618-5
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2004-12-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Thomas Wavery is the new Consul General at Abyla on the tip of North Africa. A career diplomat, Wavery was once a high flyer, but an affair with a younger woman has dashed his dreams of ambassadorship. He arrives in Abyla with his wife suing for divorce, his passport stolen by a Gibraltarian ape and precious little enthusiasm for the task ahead. His one hope of redemption is a visit from his new love.