Fingers

by Oswell Blakeston, Herbert Jones (Illustrator)

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Oswell Blakeston (born 1907-1985) Henry Hasslacher, he coined the name Oswell from his admiration for Osbert Sitwell). Blakeston was an art critic, prolific writer – poetry, crime fiction, cookery books, peculiar camp novels – and experimental film maker who was a friend of Dylan Thomas. His tastes were summed up by his partner, Max Chapman, as “a quick eye for the bizarre and the outrageous”. An artist who also worked in the film industry, he made some experimental films, and wrote extensively on film theory. He was also a poet, and wrote in non-fiction areas including travel, cooking and pets.