“I could almost hear him scrabbling about in his brain for a deft, light opening. His Oscar Wilde touch. Martland has only two personalities – Wilde and Eeyore.”

— Kyril Bonfiglioli

Source: The Mortdecai Trilogy, Don't Point That Thing At Me (1972), Ch. 1.

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British art dealer 1928–1985

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