Hedyphagetica

the long version

A one-eyed schlemiel named Dr. Samuel Johnson (not the Dictionary Johnson) becomes the most famous prisoner in the mythical country of Gron. The first and last sections of the novel are parts of a letter written by the unnamed official historian of Gron to his lover, Aimee, who stands high in the court of the Accuser, Claude-Maxime, a crazed tyrant. The Accuser has kept the state in perpetual war since his coup d'tat 39 years before and subjects the homeland to any number of repressions.