Рональд Фирбенк — библиография

Caprice, considered by some critics to be Ronald Firbank’s best novel, is based on his love of the theatre. An inveterate first-nighter he knew how things were managed, both front- and back-stage, and the story of Sarah Sinquier’s escape from a dull Deanery to sell the stolen family silver, lease a theatre, and plan a revival of Romeo and Juliet with herself as Juliet, is full of vivid personalities – from Harold Weathercock (cast as Romeo) and his close friend Noel Nice, to the long-suffering Mrs Smee, whose bibulous actor husband never quite knows whether he is appearing in Romeoand Juliet or A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And above all, the…

This novel is set in the West Indies during the time of British Rule and slavery. A young negro woman called Miami Mouth is sitting in the shade and thinking about the plans of her mother to move to the big city. Miami cannot imagine what the advantage would be to her family.

This is Firbank's last novel, published posthumously, and it contains some of his best writing. It is set in Spain, and the Cardinal's 'eccentricities' include the baptism of pet dogs in his cathedral and a passion for choir-boys.