About

Nugent Barker (1888–1955) was an Irish writer. Little is known about him, but he is thought to have come from an old Irish family, the Nugents of County Westmeath. He is remembered for the evocative ghost story "Whessoe", and the grimly humorous "Curious Adventure of Mr Bond". Barker studied at Cheltenham College, where one of his classmates was Herman Cyril McNeile, who later wrote thrillers under the pseudonym "Sapper".

• Annual Macabre 2003: Ghosts at 'The Cornhill' 1931–1939 (Ash-Tree Press, 2003)
  • Curious Adventure of Mr Bond