The Vodi.

BRAINE, John.

$50.00

Item Number: 127835

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959.

Publisher’s advance proof of the author’s second book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

While confined to bed with advanced tuberculosis in a provincial sanitarium, Dick Corvey meditates on various events from his earlier life and is visited by the Vodi, a malevolent race of small creatures who seek to persecute and destroy the unlucky. Although the novel was not an initial success, it was Braine's own favorite. Martin Seymour-Smith described it as a "more interesting and imaginative work" than Room at the Top. Michael John Harrison proclaimed it one of his favorite books of all time and defined it as "kitchen sink gothic".