Mark Only

''Heavy clouds darkened the Dodderdown Church one Sunday in December. There was a baptism in progress that afternoon.'' A little later on, ''What name?'' he asked crossly. ''Mark'' replied Mr Andrews, and then added a little louder, ''Mark only.'' . . . . ''Mark Only, I baptize thee in the name of the Holy Ghost.'' A mistake, of course, but this accident of nomenclature sets the principal character on a life of misfortune.
Faber Finds are reissuing six works by T. F. Powys: Mr Tasker''s Gods, Mark Only, Mockery Gap, Innocent Birds, Fables and God''s Eyes A-Twinkle.