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Patrick Stubbs, posted to Lower Africa as third secretary in the British Embassy, little anticipates the mayhem of bungling, flannel and chicanery that awaits him.
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'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
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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.
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0340346531
- ISBN 13 9780340346532
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages319
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 319 pages ; 23 cm. Summary: A fledgling diplomat is sent to Lower Africa to help find the consul, but his intentions are complicated by many others. Subjects:Fiction in English. Genre: Fiction. Language: English. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 360018
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). 1st Edition. Judd's second novel in VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Smart burgundy boards with bright gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j lightly worm/creased to edges and a little faded to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 319pp. Seller Inventory # 102646
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Short of Glory by Alan Judd (pseudonym of Alan Edwin Petty). Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto. Printed in Great Britain. First edition, 1984. A fine red cloth hardback with gilt titles. With fine dustjacket, encased in protective plastic sleeve (removable). Text pages clean and bright, and soundly bound. Text in English. 342pp. Approximately 225mm high x 142mm wide x 28mm deep. Weight approximately 534g (unpacked). Seller Inventory # LAN8502
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