Cry, the Beloved Country
by Paton, Alan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Cry, the Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. It was first published in New York in 1948 by Charles Scribner's Sons and in London by Jonathan Cape; noted American publisher Bennett Cerf remarked at that year's meeting of the American Booksellers Association that there had been "only three novels published since the first of the year that were worth reading ... Cry, The Beloved Country, The Ides of March, and The Naked and the Dead.
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- Seller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 008582
- Title
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- Author
- Paton, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- South-Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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