First edition. Secker and Warburg, London 1977. 370 pp.With many photos inside.
"...In his penetrating study of the nature of Kipling's genius, Angus Wilson analyses the forces that determined the emergence, and the durability, of a myth. He examines the influences absorbed from Kipling's talented but unorthodox parents, from the families the child was lodged with, from his school compagnions and from his unconventional teachers. He traces Kipling's absorption in the mysteries of crafts of all kinds, follows the author's own growth as a supreme craftsman, and throws into high relief the paradoxes that informed Kipling's own development." (from the front-flap of the the dust jacket)
Book and dust jacket are in very good condition with some signs of use and shelfwear.
