Book 1 of Retief
Another inimitable Retief, with the dry wit and notoriously unlovely Groaci that we have come to know and love. Under Ambassador Pouncetrifle's direction, the Furtheronians are presented with Yankee Stadium-type sports arenas, in hopes of sidetracking their aggressive behaviour, but, no good deed goes unpunished..the five-eyed Groaci retaliate by bestowing Bolshoi-type ballet theaters upon the unwitting natives..