Jonathan Cape, London, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 365 g.; X, 326 pages, last 11 pages blank intentionally, acknowledgements. Black-and-white photographic cover with yellow and red titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to all book edges. Light age toning of the text box edges and of the internal text. Colour photographs of the author to the verso of the rear book panel. The memoirs of the author who was reporting from Indonesia at the tail end of the Suharto regime. He found himself in the "Time of Madness" as the dictatorship fell and chaos and superstition replaced certainty. He found himself in Borneo where the natives went on a rampage of headhunting and cannibalism, a country where money had lost its value and both natural and man-made disasters flourished and finally to East Timor on the cusp of being independent. Size: Large Format Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Journalism; History -- Asia; ISBN: 0224075160. ISBN/EAN: 9780224075169. Inventory No: 0108454. . 9780224075169

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0108454
Title: In the Time of Madness
Author: Parry, Richard Lloyd
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0224075160
ISBN 13: 9780224075169
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2005
Keywords: BZDB2 Memoirs -- Indonesia -- East Timor, History -- Independence -- East Timor, Biography & Autobiography; Journalism; History -- Asia; Unbranded ISBN: 0224075160 EAN: 9780224075169 Parry, Richard Lloyd In the Time of Madness
Bookseller catalogs: Journalism; History -- Asia;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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