The Belovéd Vagabond: The Story of Paragot, Told by His Boy
William John Locke
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Paragot — vagabond, drunkard, violinist, once something else entirely — takes a boy out of a London gutter, names him Asticot, and teaches him the world from the roads of France. Locke was born in British Guiana and kept an architect's ledgers for a decade before his fiction took hold; the beloved vagabond was his invention and his fortune, and this is the book where the trick is done perfectly. Sixty plates by painters including Sickert and Munch, from the Old Bedford music hall to Dieppe under blue and grey skies, trace the wandering life the story tells.
Paragot — vagabond, drunkard, violinist, once something else entirely — takes a boy out of a London gutter, names him Asticot, and teaches him the world from the roads of France. Locke was born in British Guiana and kept an architect's ledgers for a decade before his fiction took hold; the belove...
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William John Locke (1863-1930) was a British novelist born in Demerara, British Guiana, and educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge. He worked as secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects before writing full time, and several of his novels were staged and filmed. His works include The Beloved Vagabond, Septimus, The White Dove, and Jaffery.
William John Locke (1863-1930) was a British novelist born in Demerara, British Guiana, and educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge. He worked as secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects before writing full time, and several of his novels were staged and filmed. His works include The ...
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