Kek Huuygens does not come through customs the way other people do. He is known to the customs officials of every country in the world. He is searched. He is stripped. He is humiliated. But still he is successful. Kek Huuygens, born in Poland, with a Dutch name, carrying a valid American passport, is the cleverest and best-paid smuggler to ever exasperate a customs inspector.

In these adventures, Huuygens smuggles everything from a Bach Cantata to a priceless collection of miniature paintings, outwitting a former Nazi officer, the entire banking community of Belgium, and the ex-president of a Caribbean island.

The exploits of Kek Huuygens have been recounted in four novels:

The Hochmann Miniatures, Whirligig, The Tricks of the Trade

and

The Wager.

There have been seven short stories, originally published in

Argosy, MD

and

Playboy.

All are collected in this volume.