Works of and on Laura Del-Rivo

An inexhaustive list, which I shall continue to improve, of works by and about Laura Del-Rivo. Last updated 2 November 2025.

Novels

The Furnished Room. 1st ed. London: Hutchinson, 1961. 2nd ed. London: Pan, 1963. 3rd ed. Nottingham: Five Leaves Publications, 2011. — Translations: Dutch [as De Kamer Bewoner] (Leiden: Sijthoff’s Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1962); Spanish [as West 11] (Gijón, Asturias: Colectivo Bruxista, 2023). — Reviews and analyses: Isabel Quigly, Guardian (18 August 1961); Olivia Manning, Spectator (18 August 1961); Vernon Fane, Sphere (2 September 1961); E. D. O’Brien, Illustrated London News (16 September 1961); R. G. G. Price, Punch (20 September 1961); Kirkus Reviews (15 June 1962); Martin Levin, New York Times (8 July 1962); Nicholas Tredell, London Fictions (July 2013); Nicholas Tredell, Literary Encyclopedia (24 July 2013); David Noone, david-noone.com (25 January 2022); Cesc Guimerà, Rockdelux (23 October 2023); Ray Newman, Precast Reinforced Concrete Heart (29 August 2025).

Daffodil on the Pavement. 1st ed. London: Hutchinson, 1967. 2nd ed. [as Animals]. London: Pan, 1970. — Reviews and analyses: Stephen Wall, Observer (23 April 1967); David Rees, Spectator (28 April 1967); Robert Nye, Guardian (5 May 1967); Nicholas Tredell, Literary Encyclopedia (30 August 2013).

Speedy and Queen Kong. Nottingham: Pauper’s Press, 2004. — Analyses: Nicholas Tredell, Literary Encyclopedia (18 September 2013).

Works of and on Bill Hopkins

This list is by no means exhaustive. I shall be updating it shortly. Last updated 29 October 2025.

Novel

The Divine and the Decay: 1st ed. London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1957; 2nd ed. London: Deverell and Birdsey, 1984 [sometimes, but not always, under the new title The Leap!]; 3rd ed. Dunce, 2024 [as The Leap]. — Reviews: Tom Hopkinson, Observer (17 November 1957), p. 18; Howard Spring, Country Life, vol. 122, no. 3,175 (21 November 1957), pp. 1,117–9; Vernon Johnson, Guardian (26 November 1957), p. 4; G. S. Fraser, New Statesman, vol. 54, no. 1,394 (30 November 1957), p. 748; Simon Raven, Spectator, vol. 199, no. 6,754 (6 December 1957), p. 810; Hilary Corke, Listener, vol. 58, no. 1,498 (12 December 1957), p. 1,002; Millar MacLure, Tamarack Review, vol. 80, no. 7 (Spring 1958), pp. 92–6; British Book News, no. 210 (February 1958), p. 138; Graham Hough, Encounter, vol. 10, no. 2 (February 1958), pp. 84–7; Roy Fuller, London Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3 (March 1958), pp. 67–9; Robert Weaver, Queen’s Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 2 (Summer 1958), pp. 183–94; Revilo P. Oliver, Liberty Bell, vol. 13, no. 4 (December 1985), pp. 17–19 [repr. in Counter-Currents (7 June 2011)]; Greg Johnson, Counter-Currents (31 January 2024) [repr. in Greg Johnson, Novel Takes: Essays on Literature (San Francisco, CA: Counter-Currents, 2024)]. — See also: Malcolm Bradbury and Dudley Andrew, ‘The Sugar Beet Generation: A Note in English Intellectual History,’ Texas Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 1960), pp. 38–47.