Books by Jocelyn Brooke

A searing portrait of the inter-war English middle-class by the exceptional writer and naturalist Jocelyn Brooke

A forgotten classic of gay, post-war literature

A searing portrait of doomed adolescent angst

A tour de force of autobiographical fiction by one of the most fascinating writers of the mid-twentieth century

A haunting classic of gay literature

The Military Orchid is a comic masterpiece - a blend of botany, memoir and satire; the story of Jocelyn Brooke's obsession with one flower - the Orchis Militaris, the military orchid.