The Unfortunate Fursey. London: Pilot Press, 1946. First Edition. Pp, 241. A nice copy in lightly worn pictorial dust jacket.

A blend of satire, comedy and fantasy set in the 11th century monastic Ireland where Brother Fursey encounters sorcery, demons, witches, Vikings.

The author’s first successful work. A sequel followed ‘The Return of Fursey,’ in 1948.