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Drover, a Communist bus driver, is in prison, sentenced to death for killing a policeman during a riot at Hyde Park Corner. A battle for a reprieve with many participants ensues: the Assistant Commissioner, high-principled and over-worked; Conrad, a paranoid clerk; Mr Surrogate, a rich Fabian; Condor, a pathetic journalist feeding on fantasies; pretty, promiscuous Kay - all have a part to play in his fate.
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"The most ingenious, inventive and exciting of our novelists... A master of storytelling." - "The Times"
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'No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene' Time
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- PublisherThe Bodley Head Ltd
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 037001426X
- ISBN 13 9780370014265
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages228
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It's a Battlefield
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:037001426X. Seller Inventory # 8971253
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It's a Battlefield
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William Heinemann & The Bodley Head, London, 1975
ISBN 10: 037001426X
ISBN 13: 9780370014265
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Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. 1975. Second impression of the Collected Edition - Volume 2. x, 217pp. First published in 1934, Graham Greene described this book as his "first overtly political novel". Its theme, said Greene, is "the injustice of man's justice." There is a new introduction by Graham Greene. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The book is in excellent condition and the contents are tight and clean. There is no inscription although the top corner of the front free endpaper has been clipped. The clipped dustwrapper (design by Michael Harvey) is very good with light shelf wear and the spine is slightly sunned. Seller Inventory # gLitGreene04
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