David M. Golden brings forth a fountain of high farce in this intelligently written novel that boasts his own brand of self-deprecation at its finest--and funniest. Written with a smidge of Victorian style, Golden amuses and bemuses readers with a series of misadventures that reside somewhere between dark comedy and "wholly inappropriate." Izaak Gatehouse is a working class male from the industrial heartland of the UK. Optimistic, accident prone and suffering from slight OCD tendencies, Izaak is determined to rise above his station and become an English barrister-at-law. But bad luck follows Izaak as sure as night follows day when he incinerates two motor cars, ruins a cocktail party, and destroys the windshield (not to mention a perfectly good bottle of wine) of a passing vaporetto. The pursuit of his love interest, an English Rose named Janie Jetty, creates a comical series of romantic disappointments that he is quick to recover from. A riotous comedy that will amuse even the most serious of solicitors, The Case is Busted is a must for your library collection.