The Knacker's ABC

Vian, Boris

'A paramilitary vaudeville in one long act'; set in the morning of 6 June 1944, in the home of 'an exceedingly amiable knacker', a man who buys old horses to slaughter for dog food'; introduction by Jean Cocteau, preface by the author, first performed in Paris in 1950; translated by Simon Watson Taylor

Publisher: Methuen. First English edition 1970
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: London
Printed wrappers. Extremities, and around perimeter of covers, darkened. Very good.


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