After Me, the Deluge

David Forrest is a pen-name used by English novelists Robert Forrest-Webb (1929 â€" 2023) and David Eliades (b 1933) to write four books, including After Me, the Deluge (1972) These books featured tight plotlines and riotous humor, touching at the same time some serious topics, in the case of After Me, the Deluge, with religion

After Me, the Deluge was interpreted into the lavish stage musical Aggiungi un Posto a Tavola by the Italian impresarios Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini and Iaia Fiastri in 1974 and has been running in Italy for over 44 years It is firmly entrenched as a family favourite and is reported to have been seen by more than 15-million people Its English version, Beyond the Rainbow, ran at the Adelphi Theatre, London, for two years during the late 1970s It has also broken box-office records in the whole of Latin America and in Spain, Austria, Germany, Russia and Hungary

This copy is in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine It is ex-library from a Roval Navy ship, but the only signs are ink stamps on the half-title and title pages and at the top edge No other marks or damage at all The unclipped DJ has a small tear at the top front edge and minor soiling and edge wear, but is overall very good

A relatively uncommon book, despite its popularity, or maybe because of it