First Penguin Paperback Edition / Third Print (number line on copyright page 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4). paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 447pp. B/w map. Not library copy, no creasing to spine, no inscriptions. (). Seller Inventory # ABE-1729783028877

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Title: A Gentle Occupation

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Bogarde's debut novel, set in 1945, concerns the period after the war as the British Army attempts to carry out a caretaking operation on an island seething with revolt following the Japanese occupation. A film star of the 1950s and 1960s, Bogarde has also written four volumes of autobiography.

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