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Anthony Carson (1907-1973) was a British journalist and humorous travel writer.
Biography
Anthony Carson was the literary pseudonym of Peter Brooke,
[1] born Peter von Bohr.
[2]
In the 1940s, he drank at
The Wheatsheaf pub in Fitzrovia,
[3] London with
Dylan Thomas ,
Julian Maclaren-Ross ,
George Barker ,
Peter Vansittart ,
Mulk Raj Anand ,
Fred Urquhart ,
Paul Potts and
Tambimuttu .
[2]
His portrait by
Daniel Farson was included in the
National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson , in 2012.
[4] He is mentioned in the memoirs of Julian Maclaren Ross and
Rupert Croft-Cooke ,
[2] and is one of the subjects of
Paul Johnson 's book of biographies, Brief Lives (2011).
Colin MacInnes described him in
The Observer as "one of the few great English humorous writers of the century".
[2]
Songs
Violin: Sweet and Low Played the Bow , written by Allan Gray & Peter Brooke, Sydney: J. Albert & Son, 1941
Novels & travel writing
Our Lady of the Earthquakes , London: Cresset Press, 1940 (published as Peter Brooke)
Any More for the Gondola , Essex: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1950
A Train to Tarragona , London: Methuen & Co, 1957
On to Timbuctoo , London: Methuen & Co, 1958
Looking for a Bandit , London: Methuen & Co, 1961
Poor Man's Mimosa, or, Journeys in Modern Europe , London: Methuen & Co, 1962
Carson was here , London: Methuen & Co, 1962
A Rose By Any Other Name , London: Methuen & Co, 1962
Travels Near and Far Out , Pantheon, 1963 (with a preface by
Evelyn Waugh )
The Hiccuping Cuckoo , London: Methuen & Co, 1965
The Sin of Summer , London: Methuen & Co, 1965 (includes also The Adventures of Mr Quick )
The Golden Kiss , London: Methuen & Co, 1966 (sequel to The Adventures of Mr Quick )
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