The Clockwork Man (1923) by E.V. Odle
Book Review by George Simmers: The Clockwork Man is science fiction 1923-style. It begins at a cricket match in the quintessentially English village of Great Wymering Dr Allingham is batting when a strange figure puts him off his stroke by walking in front of the sheet that is acting as a sight screen. I was reminded of Wodehouse’s Psmith in the city, where uou know from the start that the bank manager is an rank outsider when he walks carelessly behind the bowler’s arm just as Mike Jackson is about to make his century.
The offending person this time is ...