Lord Rochester's Monkey Author:Graham Grene Lord Rochester's Monkey is Graham Greene's long awaited biography of the Second Earl of Rochester, most notorious of all the Restoration rakes. A dissolute courtier at a dissolute court, Rochester joined Charles II in erotic escapades, played wild pranks and practical jokes, drank too much, and provoked disastrous literary quarrels. Graham Gre... more »ene originally composed this dazzling book in the 1930s, but his publishers rejected it, fearing prosecution for obscenity.« less