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Devil of a State

Devil of a State

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Devil of a State

by BURGESS, ANTHONY

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London; Heinemann; 1961.. First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [vi], 282; original red cloth binding, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, with the original price of 16s net, insect damage to back edge of dustjacket otherwise a very good copy.

Synopsis

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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Time Booksellers AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
107634
Title
Devil of a State
Author
BURGESS, ANTHONY
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
London; Heinemann; 1961.
Keywords
literature english travel exotic

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