The Song of the Flea

By Gerald Kersh

Book Overview

With The Song Of The Flea (1948) Gerald Kersh revisited the demi-monde of his famous Night And The City; but this novel concerns a writer, striving doggedly to make his living.

'A remarkable novel... with this book Mr Kersh has taken a big step forward.' Sunday Times

' Kersh] has a remarkable talent... he is one of the comparatively few living novelists in this country who write with energy and originality and whose ideas are not drawn from a residuum of novels that have been written before... The Song of the Flea] is the story of John Pym, a young man trying to earn his living as a writer... Mr Kersh draws on his picturesque and convincing knowledge of human vileness in a manner which is both entertaining and instructive.' Times Literary Supplement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571304567
• ISBN13: 9780571304561
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Faber Finds
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"