Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) was one of the most influential book reviewers and critics in England, contributing regularly to <em>The New Statesmen, The Observer</em>, and <em>The Sunday Times</em>. His essays have been collected in book form and published to wide acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. <em>The Unquiet Grave</em> is considered by many to be his most enduring work. It is a highly personal journal written during the devastation of World War II, filled with reflective passages that deal with aging, the break-up of a long term relationship, and the horrors of the war around him. It is also a wonderfully varied intellectual feast: a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, and quotations from such masters of European literature as Horace, Baudelaire, Sainte-Beuve, Flaubert, and Goethe. Dazzlingly original in both form and content, <em>The Unquiet Grave</em> has continued to influence generations of writers.