The Hounding of John Thomas

London England: Century, 1994. To the world at large, John Thomas seemed a model Conservatice cabinet minister, a man widely topped for the highest office in the land. But his past held a dark secret that was to prove his undoing: in an age of family values, John Thomas had the misfortune to be born into the least prepossessing family of them all. He was the son of Lady Chatterley and her gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. Sexually promiscuous, yet fiercely puritanical, Sir John Thomas's struggle to keep his illegitimacy a secret from a thin-lipped American biographer triggers a vicious downward spiral in his fortunes which sees him hounded by the police, journalists and even the ghost of D. H. Lawrence. Craig Brown's wild and witty first novel is a joyous satire on politics and pop, sociology and biography, class and reputation, fibs and fiction.. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover.