“Another,more serious proposition he received was from Charles Wrey Gardinerof the Grey Walls Press, who was present when Brooke outlined a projectedfantasy novel called ‘The Monastery of Information’. The basic elementsincluded an astrally projected Tibetan lamasery, controlled from the forbiddencity itself and invisible to all exceptthose in a state of ecstasy: drunks, lovers etc; there was also a London bank which financed the nefarious operations of theTibetan fifth-column with phantom money and was manned by cashiers stuffed withstraw. Murders of people whoknew too much were committed by a bandof trained commando midgets, and the conspiracy’s total aim was worlddomination, narrowly averted.
Wrey Gardiner, impressed by what he called a poetic variation on thrillerthemes, actuallyoffered to advance something on a synopsis ifI collaborated on the writing of the book; and, as the music publishers’ tennerwas running out faster than the spirits in the pubs, we got down to work thatnight, but Brooke fell asleep over the table just as we reached the first murder by midget.”
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