THE NOVELIST REMEMBERS HIS FRIENDS - GEORGE ORWELL, DYLAN THOMAS, ERIC GILL (ROMAN CATHOLIC EROTOMANE AND SCULPTOR) AND J MIDDLETON MURRY (BIOGRAPHER, PUBLISHER AND HUSBAND OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD - AMONGST OTHERS). HE ALSO RECALLS THE DRUNKEN FIGHTS AND LIFE ON THE BREAD-LINE. AN AMUSING AND SCURRILOUS ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES, IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THIS CENTURY, OF FIVE EGOCENTRICS (INCLUDES THE AUTHOR WHO FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LET THIS BIOGRAPHY BECOME AUTOBIOGRAPHY). 18/1/88-SET 10/12 PLANTIN: "B": 5000 @ $3.99: 144PP: UC=64P: MAX. MS CONFIRMS THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE RESET TO CORRECT LITERALS: AIMING FOR AN EXTENT OF 160PP(JS-8/2/88).