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Vintage. Used - Very Good. 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Sturdy book, black covers, very bright gilt initials at top front, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 211 pages. DJ glossy with purple borders to front and back, black at center front and back, a blue-tinted illustration on front, praise on back. DJ has light crease at top front tip, very tiny tear at spine top left edge, light wear at top back tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Books on Tape, 2002 five 1 1/2 hour cassettes. Read by John Lee. In a clamshell plastic container.. Very Good.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Gift quality copy, very bright and tight textblock; Red cloth spine, black paper boards in great condition. Unclipped dust jacket, surface scuffed covers, minnimally shelf worn. 211p.. First American Edition. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Second Printing. Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good reading copy..

Unknown Binding. Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2001. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A devastatingly moving and often very funny novel from a masterful voice. In a corner of India untouched by anti-colonial agitation Willie Chandran's father stood at odds with the world - aspiring to greatness while living the dreary life marked out for him by his ancestors. In an attempt to defy his past he lives with a low-caste woman, only to find himself at the mercy of his own fury. From this unhappy union the compelling character of Willie Chandran emerges: oddly like his father, naively eager to find something that will place him both in and apart from the world. Willie is drawn to England and the immigrant community of post-war London, its dingy West End clubs and sexual encounters. But it is his first experience of love that may bring him the fulfillment he so desperately seeks. His wife Ana leads him to her homeland in Portuguese Africa, whose… Read More

Picador, 2001. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (some light spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 227 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on half title; no inscriptions).

London : Picador, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 228p. ; 22cm. Subjects: East Indians -- Africa -- Fiction.

Vintage Books, 2002. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 224 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches.