Chocolate Crucifix

Wren Publishing Co, Melbourne, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 400 g.; VI, 178 pages, last page blank. Brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Mine are bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners . bumping to the top rear book corner. Browning to the text block edges and to the internal pages. Plain text dustwrapper with brown and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Sepia toned photograph of the author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The white of the background has become dull, marks and somewhat rubbed. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper corners. A novel set just after World War II where " The Australian government place is it biggest foreign-policy crisis since the outbreak of the Second Wall. Should it declare war and fight with the Dutch against Indonesia to prevent Sukarno's Russian-equipped armed forces from ' liberating' West New Guinea?. The Australian Prime Minister dispatches army Minister Dan O'Brien as his personal emissary on what is ostensibly a goodwill exchange visit to Indonesia. But the actual purpose behind O'Brien's mission is to convince the Indonesian President and his general that Australia is a warrior nation to be feared, and by doing so, too but the Indonesians into backing down." -- from the front fold over panel. O'Brien's task is not made easier as his military observer is an ex-Changi POW with his own agenda. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Fiction -- Asia; Australia; ISBN: 0858850257. ISBN/EAN: 9780858850255. Inventory No: 0106592. . 9780858850255