Foreign Land - Softcover

Raban, Jonathan

 
9780140082661: Foreign Land

Synopsis

After forty years in Africa, George Grey returns to an England, a daughter, and friends who are to him absurd, and he sets out to sea on a disordered journey through his life and toward home

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Review

"Jonathan Raban's achievements in this novel are nothing short of awesome."
--The Washington Post

"Raban has a wonderful gift...These characters seem to index an entire civilization."
--The Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Raban is a first-rate observer, with an eye for the ridiculous and a gift for the sudden pounce."
--Newsday

Book Description

Raban's first novel, an engrossing account of what it can mean to return home

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