Anthony West

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West, Anthony C[athcot] (1910-1988), novelist. Born in Co. Down, he was brought up in Cavan before going to America in 1930-8. He served in the Second World War as an RAF navigator and later moved to Wales, where he farmed. His first novel, The Native Moment (1961), describes the wild excursions of young Simon Green. Simon's early career is recounted in The Ferret Fancier (1963), a turbulent account of growing up. As Towns with Fire (1968) deals with the emotional development of a young poet.

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