L.S.D., 2018 Editorial note by Monte Packham Translated by Claus Sprick Design by Victor Balko 64 pages 14 × 18.5 cm Hardcover ISBN 978-3-95829-296-3
‘When I am dead, I hope it may be said: “His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”’ —Hilaire Belloc
Ladys und Gentlemen. Für erwachsene Erwachsene (Ladies and Gentlemen. For Adults Only and Mature at That) is Hilaire Belloc’s elegant satire of English society between the two World Wars. Here no one is safe from the prick of Belloc’s sharply crafted verse – be it the rich, the poor, lawyers, judges, politicians and even his fellow writers. Belloc delights in the eccentricities and absurdities of his subjects, gleefully punishing them for their vices and even sending one or two to an untimely death. Illustrated with caricatures by Nicolas Bentley (1907–78), Ladys und Gentlemen is the first German edition of Belloc’s equally malicious and amusing book.