# Anthony Carson (writer)

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**Anthony Carson** (1907-1973) was a British journalist and humorous travel writer.

## Biography

Anthony Carson was the literary pseudonym of Peter Brooke,[1] born Peter von Bohr.[2]

In the 1940s, he drank at [The Wheatsheaf](/source/The_Wheatsheaf%2C_Fitzrovia) pub in Fitzrovia,[3] London with [Dylan Thomas](/source/Dylan_Thomas), [Julian Maclaren-Ross](/source/Julian_Maclaren-Ross), [George Barker](/source/George_Barker_(poet)), [Peter Vansittart](/source/Peter_Vansittart), [Mulk Raj Anand](/source/Mulk_Raj_Anand), [Fred Urquhart](/source/Fred_Urquhart_(writer)), [Paul Potts](/source/Paul_Potts_(poet)) and [Tambimuttu](/source/Meary_James_Thurairajah_Tambimuttu).[2]

His portrait by [Daniel Farson](/source/Daniel_Farson) was included in the [National Portrait Gallery](/source/National_Portrait_Gallery%2C_London) exhibition, *Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson*, in 2012.[4] He is mentioned in the memoirs of Julian Maclaren Ross and [Rupert Croft-Cooke](/source/Rupert_Croft-Cooke),[2] and is one of the subjects of [Paul Johnson](/source/Paul_Johnson_(writer))'s book of biographies, *Brief Lives* (2011).

[Colin MacInnes](/source/Colin_MacInnes) described him in *[The Observer](/source/The_Observer)* as "one of the few great English humorous writers of the century".[2]

## Songs

- *Violin: Sweet and Low Played the Bow*, written by Allan Gray & Peter Brooke, Sydney: J. Albert & Son, 1941

## Novels & travel writing

- *Our Lady of the Earthquakes*, London: Cresset Press, 1940 (published as Peter Brooke)

- *Any More for the Gondola*, Essex: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1950

- *A Train to Tarragona*, London: Methuen & Co, 1957

- *On to Timbuctoo*, London: Methuen & Co, 1958

- *Looking for a Bandit*, London: Methuen & Co, 1961

- *Poor Man's Mimosa, or, Journeys in Modern Europe*, London: Methuen & Co, 1962

- *Carson was here*, London: Methuen & Co, 1962

- *A Rose By Any Other Name*, London: Methuen & Co, 1962

- *Travels Near and Far Out*, Pantheon, 1963 (with a preface by [Evelyn Waugh](/source/Evelyn_Waugh))

- *The Hiccuping Cuckoo*, London: Methuen & Co, 1965

- *The Sin of Summer*, London: Methuen & Co, 1965 (includes also *The Adventures of Mr Quick*)

- *The Golden Kiss*, London: Methuen & Co, 1966 (sequel to *The Adventures of Mr Quick*)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Carty, T. J. (1995). [*A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language*](https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoflite00cart) (1st ed.). London: Mansell; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781884964138](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781884964138).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RM_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RM_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-RM_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-RM_2-3) Mackay, Ralph (26 May 2012). ["Peter Brooke By Any Other Name"](https://chumleyandpepys.blogspot.com/2012/05/peter-brooke-by-any-other-name.html). Retrieved 8 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Howse, Christopher (2013). *The Train in Spain*. Bloomsbury. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1441198051](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1441198051).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Press Release: Famous in the Fifties: Photographs by Daniel Farson"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170925202356/http://www.npg.org.uk/about/press/press-release-famous-in-the-fifties-photographs-by-daniel-farson.php). Archived from [the original](https://npg.org.uk/about/press/press-release-famous-in-the-fifties-photographs-by-daniel-farson.php) on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

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