For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.

He began as a contributor for Encounter a cultural-literary magazine in 1963 and would eventually become a co-editor before terminating his relationship in 1970. The novel was converted into a play the next year. He spent his last years in Malta and died in Gloucestershire in July 1989.