Francis Henry King:
4 March 1923 – 3 July 2011).
British novelist and short-story writer.
He worked for the British Council for 15 years, with positions in Europe and Japan. For 25 years, he was a chief book reviewer for the Sunday Telegraph, and for 10 years its theatre critic.
On this June day, the buds in my garden are almost as enchanting as the open flowers. Things in bud bring in the heat of a June noontide, the recollection of the loveliest days of the year, those days of May when all is suggested, nothing yet fulfilled.
