Devil of a State
de Anthony Burgess
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sinopsis
Devil of a State is a 1961 novel by Anthony Burgess based on his experience living and working in Bandar Seri Begawan in the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei, on the island of Borneo, in 1958-59. It is the fourth of what have been classed as Burgess's "exotic novels", the others being Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in the East.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- MOD11-I-19
- Título
- Devil of a State
- Autor
- Anthony Burgess
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 191
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- anthony burgess exotic tales devil of a state clockwork orange exotic tales
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Sobre Rooke Books
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