The Land of Afternoon: A Satire

A satirical novel in three parts that lampoons local social and political life through a series of urban vignettes and character sketches. Scenes of market bargaining, social calls and petty competition expose communal pretensions while an ethically steady protagonist, Raymond Dilling, provides a counterpoint to surrounding folly. The narrative balances comic observation with moral reflection, moving from arrival and observation to efforts at reform, and uses episodic encounters to critique collective habits, hypocrisies and small‑town manners rather than to paint individual portraits.