THE EFFLUENT SOCIETY. By Norman Thelwell.

(1971) 2023 new edition. Large 8vo paperback (165 x 233mm). Pp96. B/w cartoon illustrations throughout.

A collection of Thelwell's humorous illustrations. Thelwell vents his spleen on the subject of pollution, overdevelopment and menacing architecture. The tide of unpleasantness was in full flow when this was first published in 1971, so although this book is in no way prophetic, it does underline the continuing failure of the thinking public to put an end to any of it.