A Town Like Alice
by Shute, Nevil
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
A Town Like Alice is a novel by the Australian author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it into 'a town like Alice'. It was first published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.
Reviews
Engaging read, hard to put down.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55107
- Title
- A Town Like Alice
- Author
- Shute, Nevil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, CT
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- cmbs;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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