Tom Burke
Author
Description
A charming, quirky memoir from British author Arthur Calder-Marshall, recalling his youth in 1920s England. The title needs to be taken quite literally as much of the narrative revolves around the shadowy figure of occultist Aleister Crowley, at the height of his dubious powers during this era.
As boys growing up in a small country town Arthur and his brother befriend an eccentric poet, whom they dub Vicky Bird — in fact a fairly well-known literary...