Digby George Gerahty

Digby George Gerahty (1898 – 6 November 1981), who wrote under the pen-names of Robert Standish and Stephen Lister, was an English novelist and short story writer most productive during the 1940s and 1950s. He was also a featured contributor to the Saturday Evening Post. His novels include Elephant Walk, which was later made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor.^[1] In the semi-autobiographical Marise (1950), Gerahty (writing as "Stephen Lister") claimed that he and two publicist colleagues had covertly "invented" the Loch Ness Monster in 1933 as part of a contract to improve business for local hotels; he repeated his claim to Henry Bauer, a researcher, in 1980.^[2]

He was born 3 April 1898 in Isleworth,^[3][4] the son of George and Laura. He was the elder brother of the actor Leslie Marsh Gerahty and the younger brother of the journalist Cecil Gerahty.^[5]

He joined the Royal Airforce on 7 July 1917^[6] and served until 15 February 1919, leaving with a temporary commission as 2nd lieutenant.^[7]

He was first married in 1934^[8] with a second marriage, to Ethyle R D Campbell, in 1938, Paddington.^[9]

Gerahty died at his home in Valbonne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the South of France, aged 83.^[1][10]

Works[]

• The Three Bamboos (1942)
• Bonin (1943)
• The Small General (1945)
• Mr. On Loong (1947)
• Peace Comes to Sainte Monique (1947)
• Elephant Walk (1948)
• The Gulf of Time (1948)
• Gentleman of China (1949)
• Follow the Seventh Man (1950)
• Marise (1950)
• A Worthy Man (1952)
• Fit for a Bishop; or, How to Keep a Fat Priest in Prime Condition (Recipes) (1953, 1955) (written as by Stephen Lister)
• A Long Way from Pimlico (1954) (published in the United States as Escape from Pimlico)
• Face Value (1955) (short stories)
• Blind Tiger (1956)
• Honourable Ancestor (1956)
• Storm Centre (1957)
• African Guinea Pig (1958)
• The Radio-Active General and Other Stories (1959)
• The Big One Got Away (1960)
• The First of Trees: The Story of The Olive (1960)
• The Talking Dog: and Other Stories (1961)
• Singapore Kate (1964)
• End of The Line (1965)
• The Widow Hack (1966)
• The Course of True Love (1968)
• Elephant Law, and Other Stories (1969)
• Rickshaw Boy (1970)
• Hungarian Roulette (1972) (written as by Stephen Lister)
• The Silk Tontine (1972)
• The Fountain of Youth, and Other Stories (1973)
• The Short Match (1974)
• Dabney's Reef (1975)
• The dog that never was (1975)
• The Cruise of The 'Three Brothers' (1976)
• Green Fire (1976)
• The Gulf of Time (1976)
• The Story of Mary Lee (1978)
• The Prince of Storytellers (1979)

References[]

External links[]

• Robert Standish at IMDb

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