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1950s Penguin photograph of Joyce Cary. Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957), known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth.
Joyce Cary (born Dec. 7, 1888, Londonderry, Ire.—died March 29, 1957, Oxford, Eng.) was an English novelist who developed a trilogy form in which each volume is narrated by one of three protagonists.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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- March 29, 1957
- December 7, 1888
- The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary, Brad Leithauser (Introduction)
- Mister Johnson.
- Herself Surprised by Joyce Cary, Brad Leithauser (Introduction)
- To Be a Pilgrim by Joyce Cary, Brad Leithauser (Introduction)
- The Horse's Mouth Joyce Cary, Brad Leithauser (Introduction)
- Mister Johnson Joyce Cary.
- Herself Surprised Joyce Cary, Brad Leithauser (Introduction)
- To Be a Pilgrim Joyce Cary, Brad Leithauser (Introduction)
The Horse's Mouth is a 1944 novel by Anglo-Irish writer Joyce Cary, the third in his First Trilogy, whose first two books are Herself Surprised (1941) and To Be a Pilgrim (1942).
Alas, the name of Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (1888-1957) is one that many readers born after World War II may never have heard at all. How, an admirer of Cary must wonder, can one explain this unfortunate obscurity?
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Joyce Cary, a sprightly man with an impish crown of gray hair set at a jaunty angle on the back of his head, lives in a high and rather gloomy house in North Oxford. Extremely animated, Mr. Cary’s movements are decisive, uncompromising, and retain some of the brisk alertness of his military career.
