Nat Hearn came back from the War to be Assistant Editor and can carrier in chief of the 'Sandcombe Clarion.' As the job gets underway, Nat is hit by a backlash which reveals the politics and doubtful, but only too human, motives that swirl around and through the sieve of a small local paper. R.F. Delderfield takes the lid off small-town life with acute observation born of experience, creating a captivating novel which confirms him as one of the twentieth century's bestselling authors.