Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey

2008

This essay on the work of mid-20th century author E.C. Large (1902–76), and in particular his first two related novels Sugar in the Air (1937) and Asleep in the Afternoon (1938), was written for a book of his essays and other short-form writing I edited together with Robin Kinross, God’s Amateur, which was published alongside reissues of the novels by Hyphen Press in 2008 (see also this accompanying interview). Around the same time a version of the essay also appeared in Dot Dot Dot 17 (2008).

Lead image: Illustration by E.C. Large.

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