This is a book with ingredients both sweet and astringent, written by a man who has thought deeply, acted independently, reflected sagely, and is able to set down in bold, lucid, vivid paragraphs a life-time of rich and impassioned experience." & according to the author, the essays in this book have something to offend everyone.
Real name Lous Umfreville Wilkinson. Met and married Frances Gregg in 1912, but they divorced in the early twenties. Wilkinson then married again three times. His last wife, Joan Lamburn, although much younger than Louis, died before him.
Among his many books, he wrote several on the Powys brothers.