The Autobiography of an Englishman, by "Y" [pseudonym for Carl Yaeger]

Elek, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1975 hardcover with dust jacket. FIRST EDITION stated, published in the UK by Paul Elek. Very clean UNREAD COPY. Pages are bright, white, and unmarked and binding is good. Very minor rubbing to jacket only. Very nice! "This Autobiography, a completely honest and explicit account of the emotional and sexual part of the author's life that he has hitherto habitually kept concealed, is a moving and surely immensely significant human document. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISHMAN holds a mirror to the social mores of a whole period, culture and class, the repercussions of which remain most profoundly with us even today, in spite of the so-called 'permissiveness' of our age. 'Y', a well-known author now in his sixties, was brought up in a liberal non-conformist home by parents at once benevolent and remote. At public school and Cambridge he formed strong emotional attachments to members of both sexes; he later conformed to social conventions by embracing marriage and parenthood. Although he was emotionally close to his wife, the marriage was a failure on the physical level. This side of his nature achieved fulfillment only in a brief affair outside marriage that first revealed the ecstasy of complete physical release to a man already near middle age. After the shattering experience of his wife's sudden death, 'Y' followed his earlier inclinations, experimenting with male attachments until he found joyous satisfaction once more in an association that broke up, however, in its turn, just short of bitterness and tragedy...