The Ministry Of Hope de Heath, Roy - 2000-07-01

Boyars Publishers, Ltd., Marion. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Marion Boyers, 1996. Minimal wear; normal library markings. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1997. Marion Boyars. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0714530158. 320 pages. hardcover. Cover: Susi Mawani. keywords: Literature Caribbean Guyana Black. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Kwaku is back; a small-time chiseller and ineffective healer in a village in Guyana but now down in the dumps: his wife has gone blind, his twin sons brutalize him, he is toppled from his perch as a healer and becomes once again the laughing stock of all and sundry. But fate intervenes, and Kwaku's fortunes are resurrected as he makes his way to Georgetown to become a dealer in 'antique' chamber pots. With a recommendation and some borrowed cash from an old woman whose son has become a government minister, he embarks on an odyssey in search of riches, only to find himself a lowly servant of the corrupt minister who steals his ideas and sends him on demeaning errands designed to further the minister's financial scams, sexual peccadillos and political intrigues. Kwaku now faces the dilemma of… Leer más

Hardback. Very Good.

London & New York: Marion Boyars, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Very Good book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to edges. Jacket clean with light rubbing. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 320 pages.
First edition of the last novel of acclaimed Guyanese writer Roy Heath. Reduced to destitution after losing his status as village faith healer, Kwaku Cholmondeley migrates to Guyana's capital city to sell antique chamber pots to tourists. Instead, he finds an impersonal, corrupt culture and the patronage of an enterprising civil servant at the Ministry of Hope whose spotless reputation for honesty is exceeded only by his corruption. After numerous embarrassments suffered in adjusting to city ways Kwaku's fortunes rise, but the morals and sanity of those around him couldn't be lower. Billed as a comic novel, this is really a dark, psychological study of the ways corruption, prejudice, and superstition… Leer más

NY/London: Marion Boyars, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very Fine in Very Fine jacket Dust jacket is protected by removable Brodart cover. NEW COPY..

New York & London:: Marion Boyars,, 1997.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Novel set in the author's native Guyana. Heath is one of the most highly praised of the modern Caribbean writers, and has been nominated for the Whitbread and Booker prizes and won the Guardian Fiction prixe.

. Hardback. New.