Digby George Gerahty

Digby George Gerahty (1898-1981), 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.

Works

• The Three Bamboos (1942)
• Bonin (1943)
• The Small General (1945)
• Mr. On Loong (1947)
• Elephant Walk (1948)
• The Gulf of Time (1948)
• Follow the Seventh Man (1950)
• A Worthy Man (1952)
• Gentleman of China (1953)
• 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 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)

External links

• Robert Standish at the Internet Movie Database