The Film Ink series presents the novels that inspired the work of some of the most celebrated directors of our time. While each novel is first and foremost a classic in its own right, these books offer the dedicated cinephile a richer understanding of the most illustrious films of American and European cinema. Set in London just after the Second World War, Robin Maugham's slim, haunting novella is a confessional tale told in a simple, urgent voice by one Richard Merton. He tells the story of Tony, a close friend from the war, who—breaking links with old friends and habits—steadily comes under the influence of his sinister new butler, Barrett. Concerned for his friend, Richard slowly uncovers a strange affair in which both class and sexual barriers have disintegrated into a dark flux. Filmed in 1963 by Joseph Losey, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter, and starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox, The Servant was one of the key British films of the 1960s.
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Set in London just after the Second World War, Robin Maugham¹s slim, haunting novella is a confessional tale told in a simple, urgent voice by one Richard Merton. He tells the story of Tony, a close friend from the war, who ‹ breaking links with old friends and habits ‹ steadily comes under the influence of his sinister new butler, Barrett. Concerned for his friend, Richard slowly uncovers a strange affair in which both class and sexual barriers have disintegrated into a dark flux. Filmed in 1963 by Joseph Losey, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter, and starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox, ³The Servant² is one of the key British films of the 1960s. Robin Maugham (19161981) was a prolific author, a military officer, a barrister, and 2nd Viscount Maugham of Hartfield. In his autobiography, Escape from the Shadows, Maugham describes the three dark shadows of his life: his uncle W. Somerset Maugham, his father, and the guilt he suffered due to the ³strict upper-middle-class moral convictions² that declared his homosexual desires to be perverse.
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