Loving de Green, Henry (Pseudonym Of Henry Vincent Yorke ) - 1955

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor. Very Good. 1955. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Cover Art; The cover art on this book was done by Edward Gorey. First Anchor editino, with A-18 on cop front cover. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have noticeable generalized toning. There is a repaired tear to the bottom front spine joint. There is some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Loving describes life above and below stairs in an Irish country house during the Second World War. In the absence of their employers the Tennants, the servants enact their own battles and conflict amid rumours about the war in Europe. In an interview published in The Paris Review in 1958 Terry Southern asked Green about his inspiration for Loving. Green replied, "I got the idea of Loving from a manservant in the Fire Service during the war. He was serving with me in the ranks, and he told me he had once asked the elderly butler who was over him what the old boy most liked in the world. The reply was: 'Lying in bed on a summer morning, with the window open, listening to the church bells, eating buttered toast with cunty fingers.' I saw the book in a flash." " (from Wikipedia) .