tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post1545363472499782211..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: The Phoenix Sings by Desmond Cory (Corgi Paperback, 1956)Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-59129433984960299442012-05-25T08:00:28.229-04:002012-05-25T08:00:28.229-04:00Thanks for the additional insight into The Phoenix...Thanks for the additional insight into The Phoenix Sings! I certainly don't begrudge you your Muller first edition – my paperback'll do me fine – but if you'd be willing to take a picture of the jacket or scan it, I'd love to add it to the Beautiful British Book Jacket gallery. Drop me a line on existentialennui@gmail.com if so.Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-60710326546895092162012-05-23T17:00:38.763-04:002012-05-23T17:00:38.763-04:00I think i managed to get the last Hardback versio...I think i managed to get the last Hardback version with cover when i purchased it about 7 weeks ago. Nice cover typical of the 50s book cover art you are covering. The plot centres around a special metal whose properties include radioactive protective qualities. Very typical when the book was written with the Communists and the West competing to get it. The book reminder me of The 39 Steps with Adam Vane at the cenre of things with all chasing him. i could imagine the book being made info a film screenplay if modernised a little; perhaps the metal could be undetectable by normal metal detectors making airport security checks vunerable. Cory's plots seem to stand the age of time with a little imaginationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com