Chopping, Richard. The Fly.

The Fly by Richard Chopping 

1st UK edition Hardback published by Secker and Warburg London 1965.

Bright blue cloth with sliver lettering. 8vo 291pp. Some fading to boards , Full dust jacket Very good ++.

The dust jacket designed by Chopping depicts a large fly looking into a human eye.

Chopping’s first novel was published with the help of the writer Angus Wilson. the book’s editor Giles Gordon said the book was “disgusting…the book sufficiently sordid to appeal to voyeurs…if Chopping were to adorn it with one of his famous dust jackets it could be a success de scandale “.

Richard Chopping is mainly known now for designing several of the dust jackets for Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels.

He was also the partner of the painter Denis Wirth-Miller. And together they were among the closest friends of the painter Francis Bacon.