The Gate by Francois Bizot - 2003

The Harvill Press, London, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. foreword by John le Carre and chronology. At the beginning of the text there is a double page map showing Cambodia and then a single page map showing part of the Phnom Penh. Photographic card cover dark pink coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "The only Western prison to survive the Khmer Rouge recalls his ordeal." -- from the rear panel blurb. Translated from the French by Euan Cameron. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Light handling marks to the textblock edges. Size: Trade Paperback. [6], VII - XVI, [2], 3-285, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Cambodia; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 1843430568. ISBN/EAN: 9781843430568. Inventory No: 0117923. . 9781843430568

The Harville Press, London, 2003. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: The Harville Press, London, 2003. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Lightly tanned pages. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 1843430568. ISBN/EAN: 9781843430568. Inventory No: 09124099.. 9781843430568

UK: Harvill Press, 2003. Paperback. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book

Harvill 2003 Paperback. Good.

The Harvill Press, London, 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Fourth Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 286 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages lightly tanned throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French scholar Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of "American imperialism", he was chained and imprisoned. His captor, Douch, later responsible for tens of thousands of deaths, interviewed him at length; after three months of torturous deliberation, during which his every word was weighed and his life hung in the balance, he was released. No other Western prisoner survived. Four years later, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Francois Bizot… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.