London: Picador. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor shgelf wear to unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped, slight foxing to edges of reading block. ; First edition, first printing with full number line. Black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine, grey endpapers. Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. DJ photo by John Casado. ; 480 pages; Set in a tribal village during Idi Amin's reign of terror in Uganda, a vivid portrayal of the extremes of beauty and brutality, wisdom and ignorance, wealth and poverty, hope and despair, that is Africa. .

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Moses Isegawa was born in Uganda. He lives in the Netherlands.

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32795
Title: Abyssinian Chronicles
Author: Isegawa, Moses
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First British Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0330376640
ISBN 13: 9780330376648
Publisher: Picador
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2000
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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