DERWENT MAY - Dear Parson

London England, Chatto & Windus, 1969. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0701114320 Hardback When they first see the enormous, crumbling vicarage in Upper Kentish Town, Dear Parson says 'Dear Jesus', and John - his late housekeeper's son, whom he has brought to London with him - says 'Jesus wept'. But for Parson, the return to London is the culmination of a long dream, after years in country parishes; while for John - the narrator of this novel - the streets of London will prove to be full of revelations of love and meanness. In John and Parson are enshrined the experience of youth and age in post-war London. Many vividly drawn characters come in and out of John's and Parson's lives. Tiny pen dot to inside cover. Very slight shelf wear to top edge and corners of D/J.