![]() ![]() But there are clues.Īnd it is by pursuing these scraps of information, by stitching them together with records and hearsay, that I have managed to sow a threadbare blanket covering those years between the swaddling clothes and the shroud. Although a best selling author of his day, and a well-known personality and raconteur in his own right, there is painfully little of substance written about him. To find his work you must rake through the dust of old bookshops and flea markets. ![]() The fruit of a life either bears fruit itself or, as in the case of the work of Gerald Kersh, it simply returns to dust. And when he made it, when he became one of England's highest paid wordsmiths, fate and circumstance cruelly ganged up to throw him back in the gutter. Gerald Kersh was one of those word hustlers who haunted all night coffee bars in London's Soho, writing on stolen toilet paper, making a mug last until daybreak. A Short Biography Of Gerald Kersh By Paul Duncanįor every successful author, there are a thousand others struggling to get in print. ![]()
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