'Brilliantly clever . . . mercilessly funny.' - Kenneth Allsop, Daily Mail 'One of the most brilliantly written books since the war.' - Ian Fleming, Sunday Times '[A] clever and pitiless novel.' - Neil Ascherson, Observer '[An] extremely promising and funny first novel.' - New Yorker 'I laughed until I cried. Benedictus is a dazzling new wit and a blazing new talent.' - Patrick Dennis David Benedictus was only twenty-three when his shock-filled, highly controversial first novel was published in 1962. In ...
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'Brilliantly clever . . . mercilessly funny.' - Kenneth Allsop, Daily Mail 'One of the most brilliantly written books since the war.' - Ian Fleming, Sunday Times '[A] clever and pitiless novel.' - Neil Ascherson, Observer '[An] extremely promising and funny first novel.' - New Yorker 'I laughed until I cried. Benedictus is a dazzling new wit and a blazing new talent.' - Patrick Dennis David Benedictus was only twenty-three when his shock-filled, highly controversial first novel was published in 1962. In The Fourth of June , Benedictus shows what it was like to have attended Eton College, one of England's most prestigious schools. Among its hallowed buildings, a boy is savagely beaten into paralysis by his House Captain, a bishop spends his evening spying on a chaplain's half-dressed daughter, and a housemaster is seduced by a desperate mother. Condemned by some reviewers as a farrago of sex, snobbery, and sadism, The Fourth of June nonetheless met with rave reviews from other critics, who proclaimed Benedictus one of the most promising new novelists of his generation, and went on to be a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. This new edition, the first in more than 30 years, includes an introduction by the author.
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. The author's first book. Ian Fleming blurb. First edition. Very near fine in a very good (minor edge wear, small chip at base of front panel) dust jacket.
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First edition of Benedictus' first novel. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Chopping. David Benedictus' first novel, The Fourth of June, was considered controversial upon publication in 1962 due to its descriptions of violent scenes of bullying and unrestrained class warfare at Eton College. It was adapted into a drama, produced in London in 1964 at the St Martin's Theatre.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Very good with slightly cocked spine and bump to the tail of the spine in very good dustwrapper with soiling and wear to the head and tail of the spine.