Devil of a State
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Cloth. Fine in slightly foxed unclipped fine dj
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1961. First Edition. 282 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in slightly foxed unclipped fine dj. First Edition. 282 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Signed on title-page.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 266811
- Title
- Devil of a State
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- 282 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth. Fine in slightly foxed unclipped fine dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- British | Anthony Burgess
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- Foxed
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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