Devil of a State
by Burgess, Anthony
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
London, Melbourne, Toronto: Heinemann, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A beautiful copy with slightest of fading to very edge of crown and some mild tanning to jacket spine..
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
- Montreal Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014740
- Title
- Devil of a State
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London, Melbourne, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo
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