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The Orchid Trilogy

'He has an ear for talk; and eye for the beautiful and a sense of the comic. He writes simply and never shows off. Yet he is a subtle as the devil' — Sir John Betjeman

Partly through recollection, partly by fictional narrative, Jocelyn Brooke explores, in this autobiographical work, his two worlds-the one bound by his own experience and the other a magical and, as yet, unknown landscape which lies beyond the 'frontier'. A sensitive and intelligent child, Brooke perceived himself as an outcast from society, but introspection proved fruitful and enabled him to recreate this lyrical and witty portrait of his own past and also evoke a tradition of Englishness which is now lost for ever.

'One of the notable writers to have surfaced after the war' — from the Introduction by Anthony Powell.

'Jocelyn Brooke's writing is imaginatively unique...a great writer' — Elizabeth Bowen.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 448
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-14-005545-0
  • EAN
  • 9780140055450
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 1981