Super-Beast
The Mysterious Life of Saki
$29.75
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
The short stories of Saki - the intriguing pen name of Hector Hugh Munro - are among the wittiest in the language. Dark satires of Edwardian society, populated by decadent dandies, wild beasts and cunning children, they are the source of the most playfully wicked currents in the English comic imagination, inspiring figures from P. G. Wodehouse to Roald Dahl, Noël Coward to The League of Gentlemen.
But Saki is among the most mysterious and contradictory characters in literary …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399625869 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1399625861 |
| Author: | Oliver Soden |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
Oliver Soden’s gorgeous study of Saki is a resurrection of an exquisite extinct animal, brought back to life in flash-lit scenes. Far more exciting than mere biography, it reclaims, darkly and in beautiful prose, a fascinating figure of queer literature whose transformative stories stand as a slyly subliminal alternative history - a vivid and elegant record of a lost world – PHILIP HOARE
Wise, witty and wry - the biography that Saki, and all devoted Sakiphants, deserve – BEN SCHOTT
Oliver Soden
Oliver Soden is the award-winning author of:
- Michael Tippett: The Biography (2019)
- Jeoffry: The Poet’s Cat (2020)
- Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward (2023)
His work has appeared in publications including the London Review of Books, Guardian, Spectator, and Prospect.
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