Laura Del-Rivo’s fiction is notable for its distinctive style, sharply capturing moments of heightened perception and existential angst; for its movement between realism and surrealism; and for its settings among the low life of London, especially West Eleven. Del-Rivo has published three novels – The Furnished Room (1961); Daffodil on the Pavement (1967), reissued under Del-Rivo’s preferred title of Animals (1970); and Speedy and Queen Kong (2004). She has also published one volume of short stories, Where is My Mask of an Honest Man? (2013).
Del-Rivo began writing in the 1950s and was closely associated with Bill Hopkins (1928-2011) and Colin Wilson (b. 1931), two members of that wing of the “Angry Young Men” whom Kenneth Allsop (1920-73), in his book The Angry Decade (1957), dubbed “The Law-Givers” because of their desire to reform what...
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Citation: Tredell, Nicolas. "Laura Del-Rivo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 April 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13268, accessed 14 December 2025.]
