New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. Author's sixth novel. A commitee of liberals is flying to Iran to investigate torture and illegality under the Shah. The time is early 1975. Others aboard the jet is a group of art collectors on their way to visit Iran's museums and archaelogical sites. The plane is hijacked. Liberals and collectors become hostages. The reactions of captives and captors to their tightening situation are among the surprises of this exciting, comical, sometimes horrifying story, whose plot and odd mixture of characters allow the author to give us a study in social behavior.... The wrap-around painting used on the price-intact dust jacket id "Dunes and River" , 1664, by Philips Konick. An extremely bright copy.. ISBN: 0-15-115387-6. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Modern First Editions + Iran Fiction + Shah of Iran Fiction + International Hijacking + Psychological Fiction. Catalogs: Literature.

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A suspenseful and sometimes horrifying novel of manners, whose plot and odd mix of characters combine to produce an unorthodox thriller about the hijacking of a Middle East-bound jetliner over France in early 1975. "Psychologically astute, ironic and ultimately heartbreaking"(Publishers Weekly).

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Librería: Gilt Edge Books (CA)
Inventario del vendedor #: B1371
Título: Cannibals and Missionaries
Autor: McCarthy, Mary
Estado del libro: Usado
Edición: First Edition, First Printing
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
ISBN 10: 0151153876
ISBN 13: 9780151153879
Editorial: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Lugar de publicación: New York
Fecha de publicación: 1979
Catálogos del vendedor: Literature;

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