Monsarrat, Nicholas — Castle Garac

Alfred A. Knopf. 1st and 2nd printing before publication. V.g.. V.g.. Jacket slightly chipped at extremities, top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed. (5), 258 pp. This book was written mainly to fulfill a contract with Knopf, who was unkeen on publishing Monsarrat's thinly disguised expose of the Helen Keller Foundation, "The story of Esther Costello" (1953). Written somewhat in the style of a Victorian potboiler, it was an unexpected success despite its rather feeble denouement.