The Alteration

Of all the choristers at the Cathedral Basilica of St George he is the angel the one whose voice could only have been made in heaven. In every other respectHube... » 

Of all the choristers at the Cathedral Basilica of St George he is the angel the one whose voice could only have been made in heaven. In every other respectHubert is utterly ordinary a nice rather timid tenyearold boy. The year is1976 but by bold Amisian sleightofhand the England of The Alteration hasbecome a disconcerting quasimedieval land in the Age of Faith. And here awickedly brilliant Swiftian satire takes shape. Its modest proposal? Well itstands to reason that Huberts glorious voice must be preserved at all costs.So castration is clearly the only answer «