Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine Japanese -- First published by Weidenfeld

-- First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987)

Night marks the emergence of an exciting new voice in contemporary fiction

a nameless young man whose everyday life is followed in precise detail during the course of the narrative

are elo­quently and continually amusing

amount to nothing but carbo animalis—notwithstanding the impure relation of coal to diamonds

Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine Japanese -- First published by WeidenfeldBy Stanley Crawford Afterword by Ben Marcus ISBN: 9781628975628 Publication Date: 8 12 2025 Log of the S. S. The Mrs Unguentine is a masterpiece of modern domestic life, a comic novel of closeness and difficulty, miscommunication and stubborn resolve. "Forty years ago I first linked up with Unguentine and we made love on twin hulled catamarans, sails a billow, bless the seas . . ." So begins the courtship of a certain Unguentine to the woman we know