Chapter three in which Uncle Stan’s foreign correspondence comes under scrutiny, and Cousin Alice ends up writhing on the tiles   Predictably, after the festivities died down, things turned a bit more serious. Before the week was out, Mother and Dad and the old folk had some interviews at the police station regarding Uncle Stan’s departure. As customary in those circumstances, everyone was  just  devastated.      ‘We’d never have guessed he could do such a thing!’ Mother, suitably appalled at Uncle Stan’s behaviour,  clutched her head theatrically for the benefit of the interrogators. Bemoaning Uncle Stan’s weak moral fiber,  Mother declared his conduct at odds with the strong communist tradition we’ve apparently nurtured .      ‘Utterly incomprehensible!’   Mother wailed, proposing diminished mental capacity and citing numerous  cases of it in the family. At this point, babka Zlatka, bless 'er,  inadvertent...