Baker's
novel The
Birds (1936)
should not be confused with Daphne du Maurier's similar story on
which the Hitchcock film was based. Baker found success with
Miss
Hargreaves
(1940).
Novels
The Birds, Peter Davies (London),
[1936]
(Birds
revolt against mankind. The novel is more fully realised than
Daphne du Maurier's story story of the same title which was
written later.)
Miss Hargreaves, A Fantasy, Eyre and
Spottiswoode (London), [1940]
(Two young
men imagine an elderly poetess who then appears. A perfectly
realised novel of comic supernaturalism.)
ditto, Tartarus Press, 2004
Sweet Chariot, A Romance, Eyre and Spottiswoode
(London), 1942
(weird
supernatural novel.)
Mr Allenby Looses His Way, Coward-McCann (New
York) [1945]
(Humorous
fantasy.)
Before I Go Hence: Fantasia on a
Novel, Andrew Dakers; London [1946]
(Metaphysical time travel)
The Downs So Free, Andrew Dakers; London
1948
(Poltergeists and mysticism)
Short Stories
Stories Strange and Sinister, William Kimber,
1983
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