This Animal Is Mischievous

This Animal Is Mischievous is a 1965 novel by David Benedictus. It is a satire about a British brother and sister who become involved in a battle between black activists and a fascist group. According to Time, the author's "discursive, Edwardian elegance of style is amusingly suited to satirizing upper-class pretentiousness, but his Negro characters are simply stereotypes and his twittering wittiness collapses at last into sentimentality."[1]

First edition (UK)
(publ. Anthony Blond)

The novel was also reviewed in the Los Angeles Times,[2] Commonweal, The Spectator and other publications.

References
  1. "Books: Short Notices". Time. Apr 15, 1966.
  2. Driscoll, Majorie (May 22, 1966). "A Different View of Extremism". p. C11.(subscription required)


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