It's a new position, nominally under the Personnel Manager - but already at the interview Dougal is told: 'you should largely work on your own and find your own level'. Recent university graduate Dougal interviewed for a position at a local firm and was hired. Most of the rest of the novel then looks back at what led up to these events, chronicling Dougal Douglas' arrival in London's Peckham Rye and the havoc he wreaked. The Ballad of Peckham Rye begins with the fallout of a failed wedding (the groom walked out at the altar) - and the observation by one of the locals: 'It wouldn't have happened if Dougal Douglas hadn't come here'.

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