Possible Clues:

• Son is involved in corrupt coterie and that's difficult to understand
• Recites novel about old cryptic type
• Mysterious coteries abroad
• Obscure English Tories upset with Commons at first
• Secret; taught to few
• Not many people will get this in hospital after breaking toes getting intensive care
• At the back of the lounge, drunk is a guy understood by very few
• Mysterious store detective thrown out -- not vetted unfortunately
• Obscure Byzantine coteries
• Breaking toe, cries inside