The Lost Heinemann Files and Christmas with Kafka

Edited by Robin Bynoe

Anthony Powell had grand plans for the publication of his reviews in book form.
Miscellaneous Verdicts and Under Review (volumes 1 and 2) were but the start.
He sent a third volume, more extensive in scope, to Heinemann, his regular publishers.
They lost it. Then they said that they would not publish it anyway. Time passed and he died.
The original text was reassembled by his family and published as Some Poets, Artists & "A Reference for Mellors" (volume 3).

When we started to publish Powell's journalism, we looked farther afield, but for this volume (volume 6) we return to Some Poets,
because after many years Heinemann discovered the lost files and they included some fifty pieces not published in Volume 3.
So here they are.

This is Powell at his most erudite and witty. We have added some pieces from his "probables" pile,
together with one of his first attempts at the controversial art of fan fiction.