Augustus Carp

First published in 1924 as the supposed autobiography of a 'really good man,' this satire is narrated by Augustus Carp, a smug Low Church Londoner who records his piety, his digestion, and his campaigns against the failings of others. He describes his father, his courtship, his work in religious societies, and the accidents by which he profits while remaining, in his own account, blameless. The comedy lies in the gap between the voice he intends and the bully and hypocrite the reader sees. It is a mock memoir of suburban righteousness, not a plot of adventure.

Bound in dark red cloth, cover blocked with a balck and gold picture. Dark blue slipcase and endpapers.