Egzekutor with delivery to Ireland

Joseph Geist has found himself in a ridiculous situation. He has been thrown out of the university, where he was a perpetual doctoral student, and his girlfriend has left him. Geist has nowhere to live, is penniless and has no idea what to do. In the local paper he happens upon a strange advertisement: someone is looking for a person skilled in conversation.
Geist answers the ad and meets Alma Spielman, a brilliant old lady. After a few weeks of meetings and conversations, he moves in with Alma. And then Eric turns up, Alma's nephew, an irksome, unpleasant man with an interest in his aunt's money. It is not long before Eric makes Joseph a monstrous proposal...