The Green Knight

First edition. Large 8vo. Pp. [viii], 472. Medium green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; green topstain. Dustjacket illustration to front bordering Rembrandt's painting "Polish Rider", and portrait of the author to rear by Tom Phillips (priced £15.99 on front flap).

Author's 25th and final novel. A reclusive academic kills a man in self-defence and disappears after the trial, leaving his actor brother tortured by his absence. A loose retelling of the Cain and Abel biblical story in a contemporary London setting. "Enthralling... its sensuousness, its visionary physical detail, is a pleasure." –San Francisco Chronicle