The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short stories. Comus Bassington, is a charming young man about town. His perversity however thwarts all his motherâs efforts to advance his prospects and lands him in hot water. Like many a âblack sheepâ he ends up being sent off to one of the colonies to fend for himself.
The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short stories. Comus Bassington, is a charming young man about town. His perversity however thwarts all his motherâs efforts to advance his prospects and lands him in hot water. Like many a âblack sheepâ he ends up being sent off to one of the colonies to fend for himself.