The Azanian Assignment.
de Finlay, Iain
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Ver descripción
- ISBN 10
- 0060112719
- ISBN 13
- 9780060112714
- Librería
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), red cloth spine, light foxing edges, fore-edge little marked, top corner tips little creased some pages, tiny scuff fore-edge few pages, pages lightly toned, bottom corner front flap jacket creased (some edgewear & chipping, few small closed tears, bottom corner rear cover laminate little lifted, spine ends little worn). 395 pp. First edition. This well-plotted, fast-paced and suspenseful crime fiction novel is a thrilling adventure with the authenticity and impact of future headlines. The story is around Tony Bartlett, an Australian journalist stationed in Kenya. He flies south to cover the story of the hijacking in Johannesburg of a South African airliner. The Australian author's first novel took a year of research in South Africa. He was born in Australia but left to hitchhike through Europe and Africa, at the age of 18. He did many jobs before he became a journalist in 1956. First edition stated.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Bookhome Sydney
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 30656
- Título
- The Azanian Assignment.
- Autor
- Finlay, Iain
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- 1st ed.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0060112719
- ISBN 13
- 9780060112714
- Editorial
- Harper & Row
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1978
- Palabras clave
- australian fiction, crime fiction, media, journalists, aviation, south africa, kenya, tanzania, switzerland, first edition
- Catálogos del vendedor
- CRIME FICTION;
Términos de venta
Bookhome Sydney
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
Sobre Bookhome Sydney
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- Chipping
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