A Gentle Occupation (SIGNED)
de Bogarde, Dirk
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near fine, 1st ed (1st printing), signed label affixed to 2nd fep, unclipped d/j in protective sleeve; some foxing otherwise v.g
- Librería
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st ed (1st printing), signed label affixed to 2nd fep, unclipped d/j in protective sleeve; some foxing otherwise v.g. condition. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Dirk Bogarde's 1st novel, set in the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at an outpost in the Java Sea. Whilst attempting to return the island to Dutch control, they are subject to violent attacks by the locals who want their freedom. As the Empire crumbles, the island is plunged into chaos and violence amidst a nationalist uprising. Selfishness, sex, greed, fear and revenge, all play their part; though so too do the finer instincts of love, loyalty and concern. At times gloriously funny, never sitting in judgement, Dirk Bogarde portrays mankind's fallible, complex humanity as the thin skin of conventional behaviour, tautened in the corrosive atmosphere of Southeast Asia, gradually begins to split.
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- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC120059
- Título
- A Gentle Occupation (SIGNED)
- Autor
- Bogarde, Dirk
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near fine, 1st ed (1st printing), signed label affixed to 2nd fep, unclipped d/j in protective sleeve; some foxing otherwise v.g
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Chatto & Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1980
- Páginas
- 360
- Tamaño
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- 1st, fiction, signed, Bogarde, Asia, satire
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
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