Forced to retire after thirty years of medical practice, Adam Dumphy, no longer chained by his conscience to reading medical journals had time for fiction only to find nothing that pleased him
He felt that there was already enough misery, sorrow and trouble in the world. Why manufacture more and broadcast it?
He felt that worthwhile fiction should be short, cheerful, with wording only from Webster’s Intercollegiate, and with a unique adventure and a plausible romance. A book that leaves the reader feeling better when he puts it down than when he picked it up.
After four published articles he found the courage to write a novel within these parameters.
