Great news! I have discovered that there is a recently-published novel [1] whose hero is clearly based on Mr. Roops. Here is an extract from the blurb:
"We follow von Igelfeld from his student days, through his search for ancient Irish obscenities to an aching infatuation with a dentist fatale..."
Admittedly the author has made the hero a Prussian aristocrat rather than an English tory, and switched his search for obscenities from Cardiff to Cork, but these are mere subterfuges to avoid legal proceedings. This is an exciting development, is it not?
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[1] Smith, A. McC., 2004, The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom (Abacus)
"We follow von Igelfeld from his student days, through his search for ancient Irish obscenities to an aching infatuation with a dentist fatale..."
Admittedly the author has made the hero a Prussian aristocrat rather than an English tory, and switched his search for obscenities from Cardiff to Cork, but these are mere subterfuges to avoid legal proceedings. This is an exciting development, is it not?
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[1] Smith, A. McC., 2004, The 2½ Pillars of Wisdom (Abacus)
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