Claudio Howerd-Wolferstan is neither a communist nor a spy. A mixture of Latin and Anglo-Saxon stock, he breaks into a top-security Government hostel for scientists to retrieve the family treasure. A charge of High Treason and an appearance on the Wanted List of the British police and Russian communist leaders ensues. By a series of brilliant disguises he bluffs his way out of many a dangerous situation and outwits his pursuers until.. The speed of his transformations from Spanish sailor to chimney-sweep, from elephant trainer to Indian guitarist gives the chase a comical breathlessness which makes it easy to understand why Fellow Passenger is one of Geoffrey Household's own favourites.