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by WILSON, Colin

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Victor Gollancz, London., 1961. First edition. Octavo. 224 pages.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''For Edward - warm regards and admiration - Colin. Sept. 61''. The recipient is his fellow novelist Edward Upward.Free endpapers partially tanned. Edges spotted. Spine partially faded. Good. The remains of the dustwrapper are loosely inserted.

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Adrift In Soho is a novel by Colin Wilson. It was first published in England in 1961 by Victor Gollancz. The story opens in the late summer of 1955. Nineteen year old Harry Preston, having been granted an early discharge from national service with the RAF, moves to London from a small English provincial town. Fancying himself as a writer, he drifts towards the central district of Soho, where he meets an out of work actor, James Street.

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Title
Adrift in Soho - a novel.
Author
WILSON, Colin
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
Victor Gollancz, London.
Date Published
1961

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