Just finished reading this. 1950s period detail to die for (see what I did there.) And look at that wonderful cover illustration from Gerald Mynott. - ThreadSky

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scribblerrob.bsky.social • 100 days ago

Just finished reading this. 1950s period detail to die for (see what I did there.) And look at that wonderful cover illustration from Gerald Mynott.

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jonathancoe.bsky.social•100 days ago

Marvellous novel. The third book I reviewed in my whole career, I think - which means that somewhere, in a cardboard box deep in a storage unit, I must have a hardback first ed.

scribblerrob.bsky.social•100 days ago

Box you say. What kind of box? Nothing to do with Wilhelm Reich is it?

scribblerrob.bsky.social•100 days ago

And here's the equally evocative back panel. Google Gerald Mynott. He's still with us, busy and industrious.

scribblerrob.bsky.social•100 days ago

Sort of put me in mind of this by Osbert Lancaster, from his autobiography With An Eye To The Future which I highly recommend for numerous reasons, all of which I am happy to elaborate on.

scribblerrob.bsky.social•100 days ago

And of course nobody did 1950s/60s weather panels quite like the immortal Frank Giles

scribblerrob.bsky.social•100 days ago

And to round off this morning's illustrations thread. Mervyn Peake's Snow White, from Grimm's Household Tales (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) bequeathed to me by my neighbour the late Robert Priestley, antiquarian of distinction. Looks like Fuchsia doesn't she?

jconuk.bsky.social•99 days ago

Her best novel

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