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Gerald Kersh

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born

August 26, 1911 in Teddington-on-Thames, The United Kingdom

died

November 05, 1968

gender

male

genre

Short Stories, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Gerald Kersh was born in Teddington-on-Thames, near London, and, like so many writers, quit school to take on a series of jobs -- salesman, baker, fish-and-chips cook, nightclub bouncer, freelance newspaper reporter and at the same time was writing his first two novels.

In 1937, his third published novel, Night and the City, hurled him into the front ranks of young British writers. Twenty novels later Kersh created his personal masterpiece, Fowler's End, regarded by many as one of the outstanding novels of the century. He also, throughout his long career, wrote more than 400 short stories and over 1,000 articles.

Once a professional wrestler, Kersh also fought with the Coldstream Guards in World War II. His account of infantry training They D...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 475 ratings · 60 reviews · 46 distinct works

	Night and the City 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1946 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Nightshade & Damnations 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Men Without Bones 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Prelude to a Certain Midnight 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1947 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Fowler's End 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Karmnesin: The World's Greatest Criminal -- Or Most Outragous Liar by Gerald Kersh, Paul Duncan 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The World, The Flesh, & The Devil - Fantastical Writings of Gerald Kersh, Volume 1 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Secret Masters 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1953 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Thousand Deaths of Mr. Small 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1950	My rating:
	The Song of the Flea 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Now Mrs. Greensleeve, who knew that she was going to die, thought of death in the same way a nightbound wanderer in the rain looks forward to a soft bed.”
― Gerald Kersh, The Song of the Flea

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“There are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment.”
― Gerald Kersh

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“He opened the door and led me through a corridor into a dark green lounge curiously paneled with pale green glass behind which, at cunningly measured distances, lay exquisitely painted panoramas of strange seas and beautiful landfalls. Standing in the center of the room, and slowly turning, a man might imagine that Satan had taken him to the top of a high mountain, and was showing him all the kingdoms of the earth... until he put out his hand to touch the middle distance, and felt a window, and saw through it to the heart of the illusion.”
― Gerald Kersh, The Secret Masters

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