New York:: Random House,, (1968). Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with missing front endpaper but relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dust jacket with some sunning to spine. . First US printing. The author's first novel, a story of two professional soldiers, Ansell and MacConnachie, who have escaped from a column of POWs in an unnamed country in the tropics. They must make their way through 400 miles of alien territory, battling the climate and the terrain as well as the enemy's soldiers and helicopters. The Times review noted "The speed of the narrative is impeccably controlled - long slogs over country, moments of blind panic, passages of demoralizing inactivity, hair-raising evasions, all building up to a central set-piece in a burning field.. . a brilliant achievement." Nominated for the first Booker Prize and winner of the Author's Club First Novel Award. Basis for the 1970 film directed Joseph Losey in 1970, and featured Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell. 215 pp.

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Seller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 86194
Title: FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE.
Author: England, Barry
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Ex-library with missing front endpaper but relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dust ja
Jacket Condition: near fine unmarked
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (1968)
Keywords: first novel, booker nominee, Author's Club First Novel Award, movie basis,
Bookseller catalogs: First book or first novel;

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