Language: English
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0241110211 ISBN 13: 9780241110218
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint; First Printing. Some shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ with some sunning to spine, corners lightly bumped, large black marker pen initials to inside front cover, missing front endpaper, half title and title, slight foxing. ; Assumed first printing in this edition, c1980. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Reading copy only, no names inside. DJ design by Arthur Luke. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 416 pages; Winner of the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize of The Royal Society of Literature for best regional novel. Author's debut novel, a comic tale set in Trinidad following the fortunes of the Khojas, one of the island's most important Indian families. 8vo 8" - 9" tall.