Lord Peter Views the Body. The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach
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Lord Peter Views the Body. The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach

By Dorothy L. SayersNarrated by Peter Coates
Length43m

About this audiobook

"The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach" is a short story from Dorothy Sayers' book, Lord Peter Views the Body. Thomas MacPherson, a final year medical student in Scotland, shows Wimsey the very strange legacy his Great-Uncle Joseph Ferguson left him. Great-Uncle Joseph, who died at the age of 95 by throwing himself out of a sixth-floor window, bequeathed his grand-nephew only his stomach and alimentary organs, with their contents, preserved in a bottle. Wimsey suspects there is more to the story than an eccentric old man's whims, especially when he learns that Great-Uncle Joseph was said to be very rich but withdrew more than £84,000 (nearly £5.5 million today) from the bank in the years leading up to his death. The only other heir, one Robert Ferguson, is a greedy wastrel, and was upset to receive only a pittance...

Audiobook details

GenreMystery and Thriller
Length43 mins
Narrated byPeter Coates
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 15, 2024
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach - Intro
2The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach
3The Piscatorial Farce of the Stolen Stomach - Outro