New York: Viking, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised second novel by this English writer who blends comedy with serious concerns - Auberon Waugh praised it with the comment 'I rather suspect it may be a masterpiece.' Ellis, the wife of the publisher Colin Haycraft, and the fiction editor at Duckworth, was both a true Bohemian and a fiercely devout Catholic. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-670-16819x.