he wrote a number of studies of artists and authors. "the man who wrote dracula" (1975) was a life of his grand-uncle, bram stoker. while living at his father's old house in north devon he established a close friendship with the writer henry williamson (an agrarian right ally of james wentworth day); farson paid tribute to williamson with a book entitled "henry: an appreciation of henry williamson" published in 1982, five years after williamson's death. "sacred monsters" (1988), was a collection of essays on artists and writers he had known.