- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.The Book Abyss
AbeBooks seller since December 6, 2006
Condition: Used - Good
£ 4.85
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. No Dustjacket. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- The suicide of David Braganza, a not altogether likable but rather charming dilettante in the British Foreign Service, leaves its shadows of doubt- political and emotional, and his friends and intimates and an occasional Communist fill in the back-drop to his high jump from a hotel window. There is Rex Campbell, a journalist, whose heavy drinking and easy tastes in women still did not blur his possessive love for Jennifer, his wife; Jennifer, whose picture was found in Braganza's wallet, an ironic footnote to an inconclusive affair; Hermione Braganza, whose cold elegance belied her warm interest in her husband; the gentlemen of the Foreigh Service- who had reasons to suspect Braganza's fellow -- traveling companionship; etc., etc. But it is Braganza himself who gives the final verdict on his life, and the death which was the only answer to a cul de sac which demanded fuller explanations for an empty existence. Personable, but unprincipled, people- at a point of no return- this is groomed by glamor and has a certain aura- applied rather than bona fide. Rentals. . .(KIRKUS REVIEW). . .See photos for additional content. . .…
Seller Inventory # 37585
Bibliographic details
- Title
- RIDE FOR A FALL (AKA: The High Jump)
- Author
- Val Gielgud
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Publication year
- 1953
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
The Book Abyss
St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 6, 2006
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| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 3.69 | £ 10.36 |
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We are an AT-HOME business with inventory from 2 closed book stores available for sale. We add books nearly every day. Please contact us if there are any questions you may have. THANKS!
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The Book Abyss
MN, U.S.A.
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