Collected tales and fantasies of Lord Berners : including Percy Wallingford, The camel, Mr. Pidger, Count Omega, The romance of a nose, Far from the madding war.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berners, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Baron, 1883-1950.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C--Fiction.

Cleopatra.

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.

World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

434 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Turtle Point Books and Helen Marx Press, 1999.

Summary:

Here is a delightful collection of short fiction by the quirky, off-beat writer and composer Lord Berners. With dark, razor-sharp wit and spare distinctive prose, Berners offers us an unforgettable set of characters including Cleopatra, composer Emanuel Smith (supposedly William Walton), Emmeline Pocock, who "looked like a nymph in one of the less licentious pictures of Fragonard," and Mr. Pidger, a Pomeranian with an incisive bark and an agitated soul. These short works are triumphs of dry irony and glorious absurdity.

Contents:

Percy Wallingford 1

The Camel 47

Mr. Pidger 125

Count Omega 167

The Romance of a Nose 257

Far from the Madding War 349.

ISBN:

1885983387

OCLC:

41335129