Cary, Joyce

In the words of his biographer, Alan Bishop, "Joyce Cary" (1888-1957) was 'a prolific, independent, wide-ranging writer with a place in three literatures (English, Irish, Nigerian) difficult to categorize because his writing integrates the traditional and experimental.' He was difficult to categorize which probably explains why his reputation is not more secure. However he was undoubtedly a major novelist of the twentieth century, and in acknowledgement of that Faber Finds is reissuing twelve of his works - "Mister Johnson", "Herself Surprised", "To Be a Pilgrim", "The Horse's Mouth", "A Priso...