Source of Indian Anecdote

[Fred Shapiro]

Someone I know recalls reading a novel or seeing a film in which a
businessman carries a card saying something like "B.A. Oxon. (Failed)."
The person thought the novel or movie was E. M. Forster, A Passage to
India, but has been told it is not in there.  Any suggestions as to which
novel or film contains this?

Fred


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