Valmouth and Other Novels

by Ronald Firbank

Paperback, 1992

Status

Available

Call number

823.912

Collection

Publication

Penguin Classics (1992), Paperback, 256 pages

Description

Alan Hollinghurst is a great champion of Firbank's work and writes an introduction to this collection of three of his favourite Firbank novels.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ivanfranko
I only read the novella "Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli" in this edition. It begins with the baptism of a police-dog sponsored by the Duquesa of DunEden, and christened "Crack". A narrative is barely existent but the dialogue is arch.

Language

Original publication date

1923; 1924; 1926

Physical description

256 p.; 7.7 inches

ISBN

0140180559 / 9780140180558
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