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A born linguist who graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, he sold toys in Rumania, was a bank clerk in Spain, and finally built up enough savings in American radio to become a free lance.

All this is told with humor in his revealing book, AGAINST THE WIND, recently published by Atlantic-Little, Brown.Įnglish novelist and short-story writer, GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD came to the Atlantic with his first and often reprinted story, ” The Salvation of Pisco Gabar,”and on the strength of it the Atlantic bought every new story he wrote in the next twelve months. sold bananas in France and in Spain, was a British security officer in the Middle East during World War II. Oxford, he worked as a bank clerk in Rumania.

A born linguist who graduated from Magdalen College. Brown early this year.Įnglish novelist GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD came to the ATLANTIC with his first story. All this is told with humor in his autobiography, AGAINST THE WIND, which was published by Atlantic-Little. Among his books are ROOI E VIALIC a collection of short stories, THE SALVATION OF PJSCO GABAH and WATCHERS IN TIIK SHADOW.Įnglish novelist GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD came to the ATLANTIC with his first story, “The Salvation of Pisco Gabar.” A born linguist who graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a bank clerk in Rumania, sold bananas in France and in Spain, was a British security officer in the Middle East during World War II, and finally settled down to write. Novelist and short story writer, who made his first appearance in the ATLANTIC and all of whose books hare appearec under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint, (IEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, am served with distinction in Greece and the Levant during the Second Warid War. Household is the author of ROGGE MALE and WATCHER IN THE SHADOWS, and his latest novel, OLURA, has been gaining new readers here and abroad.

What is more, they are immensely readable. “Geoffrey Household,”writes Orville Prescott in the New York TIMES, “is an Englishman who has lived almost as adventurous a life as his imaginary heroes.