The Fools in Town Are on Our Side

Haint we got all the fools in town on our side? And aint that a big enough majority in any town? -- Mark Twain. When Lucifer Dye is released from three months in a Hong Kong prison debriefed handed a false passport a new wardrobe and a $20000 check his haughty control makes it clear that Dyes career with his country has been permanently terminated. But a good agent is always in demand and just a few hours later Dye is being interviewed for a highly ingenious position. . Victor Orcutt although a not very good imitation of a British pre-war gent has creative talents of his own. He has his sights a small southern city with the ordinary run-of-the-mill corruption one would expect in such a place. The canny Orcott knows theres no profit in that. His creed is To get better it must be much worse. He and his two associates have looked up Dyes history and he now offers the ex-spy a mission: for two and a half times the governments bounty Dye is to thoroughly corrupt the town. . And the sly Dye takes the offer.