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First Edition. With a cartographic frontispiece of the Azanian Empire. 8vo, black and red decorative cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. 303 pp. A well preserved copy with some evidence of use and age. FIRST EDITION OF EVELYN WAUGH'S THIRD NOVEL. This satiric novel by Waugh, published in 1932, skewers attempts to impose European customs and beliefs upon so-called primitive peoples. The story is set in the fictional empire of Azania, an island off the coast of Africa. Upon the death of the emperor of Azania, rule is assumed by his grandson Seth, a recent graduate of Oxford who is eager to modernize his country. Seth s ideas are a muddle of fashionable notions and philosophies, and each of his new programs fails. Ultimately the country relapses into barbarism and cannibalism. Seller Inventory # 32262
Bibliographic Details
Title: BLACK MISCHIEF
Publisher: London Chapman and Hall 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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