The bishop was feeling rather sea-sick. Confoundedly sea-sick, in fact. An Anglican bishop, on recuperative leave from his African diocese, alights at the island of Nepenthe for a short stay on his passage to England.Soon he is caught up in the wild and exuberant antics of visitors and residents.Norman Douglas's famed, and infamous, novel of Capri is a hedonistic journey and an unforgettable classic.