James Branch Cabell 
Taboo (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 
A Legend Retold from the Dirghic

This short book, published in 1921, is Cabell’s response to the publicity that attended the publication of his novel
Jurgen, the subject of a notorious obscenity trial.  Here, in his inimitable ironic style, he thanks those who sought to persecute him and, in doing so, launched his career to undreamed-of heights.

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James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) wrote belles lettres and fantasy fiction. Most popular in the 1920s, his escapist literature was well regarded by respected authors of his time. He lived by his quote in The Silver Stallion, ‘The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.’