Roy Brooks was an eminent estate agent who became a legend in his own time for the puckish delight he took in telling the truth, the whole truth - and even the unwholesome truth - about properties that he advertised for sale. In a trade well known for its euphemisms, optimistic cliches and skilful literary camouflage, he won the delighted applause of the property-buying and advertisement-reading public. He died in 1971, leaving behind him an extraordinary...