Anthony Carson (1907-1973) was a British journalist and humorous travel writer.

Biography

Anthony Carson was the literary pseudonym of Peter Brooke, born Peter von Bohr. In the 1940s, he drank at The Wheatsheaf pub in Fitzrovia, London with

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, George Barker,

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and

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. His portrait by

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was included in the

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exhibition, ''Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson'', in 2012. He is mentioned in the memoirs of Julian Maclaren Ross and

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, and is one of the subjects of Paul Johnson's book of biographies, ''Brief Lives'' (2011).

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described him in ''

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'' as "one of the few great English humorous writers of the century".

Songs

*''Violin: Sweet and Low Played the Bow'', written by Allan Gray & Peter Brooke, Sydney: J. Albert & Son, 1941

Novels & travel writing

*''Our Lady of the Earthquakes'', London: Cresset Press, 1940 (published as Peter Brooke) *''Any More for the Gondola'', Essex: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1950 *''A Train to Tarragona'', London: Methuen & Co, 1957 *''On to Timbuctoo'', London: Methuen & Co, 1958 *''Looking for a Bandit'', London: Methuen & Co, 1961 *''Poor Man's Mimosa, or, Journeys in Modern Europe'', London: Methuen & Co, 1962 *''Carson was here'', London: Methuen & Co, 1962 *''A Rose By Any Other Name'', London: Methuen & Co, 1962 *''Travels Near and Far Out'', Pantheon, 1963 (with a preface by

Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ''Decli ...

) *''The Hiccuping Cuckoo'', London: Methuen & Co, 1965 *''The Sin of Summer'', London: Methuen & Co, 1965 (includes also ''The Adventures of Mr Quick'') *''The Golden Kiss'', London: Methuen & Co, 1966 (sequel to ''The Adventures of Mr Quick'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carson, Anthony 1907 births 1973 deaths 20th-century British male writers 20th-century British travel writers English travel writers