"After the Fireworks is a major work and a turning point for Huxley, leading directly to Brave New World.â âGary Giddins
After the Fireworks is a collection of three lost classic pieces of short fiction by Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, with a foreword by National Book Critics Circle Award winner Gary Giddins - now available as an Olive Edition.
In the title novella, Rome is the stunning backdrop for a renowned novelistâs dangerous affair. âUncle Spencerâ is the âexquisiteâ (New Statesman) tale of an aging World War I veteranâs quest for the lost love he met in a prison during the war, and âTwo or Three Graces,â âprobably the thing nearest perfection of all that [Huxley] has doneâ (New Statesman), recounts a destructive writerâs abusive relationship with an impressionable housewife. Now brought back in print for the first time in seventy-five years, the novellas newly collected in After the Fireworks reveal Aldous Huxley at the height of his powers.