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The Devil's Home on Leave
by Derek Raymond
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/Good-
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pages are in good condition apart from browing on the edges of each page. The dust jacket has slight tearing on the top corner of the spine as well as some brown speckels and a few slight scratches.
Synopsis
Derek Raymond was the pseudonym of British writer Robert Cook, who was born in London in 1931. The son of a textile magnate, he dropped out of Eton and rejected a life of privilege for a life of adventure. He traveled the world, living in Paris at the Beat Hotel and on New York’s seedy Lower East Side, smuggled artworks into Amsterdam, and spent time in a Spanish prison for publicly making fun of Franco. Finally, he landed back in London, working in the lower echelons of the Kray Brothers’ crime syndicate laundering money, organizing illegal gambling, and setting up insurance scams. He eventually took to writing—first as a pornographer, but then as an increasingly serious novelist, writing about the desperate characters and experiences he’d known in London’s underground. His work culminated in the Factory novels, landmarks that have led many to consider him the founding father of British noir. He died in London in 1993.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book and Record Bar
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PBRB012
- Title
- The Devil's Home on Leave
- Author
- Derek Raymond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alison Press
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1984
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Book and Record Bar
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London
About The Book and Record Bar
We are a physical shop in South East London - West Norwood - right next to the train station. A huge selection of first editions is available to look at by dappointment in our basement, including some very rare items. We do not stock much in the way of Antiquarian books
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