Have you met the Bishop of Bampopo or Miss Wilberforce, that estimable lady with her ungovernable alcoholic weakness and her urge for public disrobing? The pleasure awaits you, if you have not already visited Nepenthe, that fabulous island to which Norman Douglas takes you in South Wind. There you will come to know as fascinating a crowd of jaunty and shameless characters as ever were assembled on a sirocco-blown island or within the covers of a modern, sophisticated novel. South Wind is one of the five best-selling titles in the Modern Library series.