Short of Glory - Softcover

Judd, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140077391 ISBN 13: 9780140077391

Publisher: Penguin, 1986

Synopsis

Young diplomat Patrick Stubbs finds himself in chaotic Lower Africa, where he bumps from one calamity to the next, dealing with diverse undiplomatic Englishmen and Lower Africans

About this title

Review:

'A marvellously thoughtful farce a remarkable portrait of contemporary South Africa combine argument of this complexitty with an ebullient comic gift and you have a superb novel.' Sunday Times 'Alan Judd's characters are serious. So is Alan Judd. You will laugh like mad' The Times 'Comedy is a deadly weapon and Mr Judd wields it in a fashion that brings you close to tears' Sunday Telegraph

About the Author:

Alan Judd’s ‘Ford Madox Ford’ won the Royal Society of Literature and Heinemann Awards; his novella, ‘The Devil’s Own Work’, won the Guardian fiction prize. His celebrated novel ‘A Breed of Heroes’ was recently screened on BBC1. He is the author of three other novels, and has recently retired from the Foreign Office.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0140077391
• ISBN 13: 9780140077391
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320