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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Author:Michael Butterworth The story focuses on mild-mannered British shoe store clerk Harry Witherspoon, who finds out he will inherit $6 million from an American uncle he's never met if he — can fulfill the codicils of his will?namely to take the wheelchair-bound — corpse of his dead uncle, Tony, on a prepaid weeklong gambling spree in — Monte Carlo. If Harry can't fulfill... more » the request, the money will go to
the Universal Dog Home in Brooklyn.
Secretly tagging along on the trip are earnest Annabel Glick, a nosy
representative for the dog home; Rita, Uncle Tony's nearsighted
mistress, who accidentally shot him in a jealous rage; and Rita's
nervous optometrist brother, Vinnie. Rita and Vinnie are following
Harry because they want to retrieve a cache of stolen diamonds, which
they suspect dead Uncle Tony is carrying on his person in a heart-shaped
box. The plot takes many twists, but along the way there's an
entertaining dream sequence, a lavish romance and some hilarious