The Wilt Alternative

<p>Henry Wilt is no longer the victim of his own uncontrolled fantasies. As Head of a reconstituted Liberal Studies Department he has assumed power without authority at the Fenland College of Arts &amp; Technology and the fantasies he now confronts are those of political bigots and reactionary bureaucrats - in addition to his wife's enthusiasm for every Organic Alternative under the compost heap and the insistence of his quadruplets on looking at every problem with an unflinching lack of sentimentality. <br><br>It is only when Wilt becomes the unintentional participant in a terrorist siege that he is forced to find an answer to the problems of power which have corrupted greater men than he. With a mental ingenuity born of his innate cowardice Wilt fights for those liberal values which are threatened both by international terrorism and by the sophisticated methods of police anti-terrorist agents. In the confusion that follows Wilt resumes his dialogue with the unflagging Inspector Flint and is himself subjected to the indignity of a psycho-political profile. <br><br>Bitingly funny and brilliantly written <i>The Wilt Alternative</i> exposes the farcical anomalies which have become the social norms of our time.</p>