苦悶の欄

Set in London on the eve of war, an American expatriate becomes obsessed with the newspaper's personal-ad 'agony column' and a striking fellow American he notices at the Carlton Hotel. When she responds to an anonymous admirer by daring him to write seven letters, he undertakes the challenge, and the playful courtship through public messages draws him into a larger mystery of false identities, suspicious correspondence, and police scrutiny. The narrative interweaves light romantic comedy about newspapers and social ritual with escalating intrigue that involves military figures, detectives, and revelations that transform a flirtation into a matter of danger and investigation.