A Good Man in Africa
by Boyd, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Item Price
€592.81€474.25
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About This Item
Signed by Author(s) 0 Signed by William Boyd directly to Title page. Ex Private library with number and small circle erased from acknowledgment page. Ffep missing. First edition/First printing published by Hamish Hamilton, London 1981. Mild tanning to pages. Clean cloth covers with few small indentations coming through from dustjacket. Dustjacket not price clipped. General reading wear with some mild creasing. Protected in archive cover.
Synopsis
A Good Man in Africa is the debut novel of Scottish writer William Boyd, a black comedy that follows the career of Morgan Leafy, a drunken English diplomat being blackmailed by an African politician as the country slowly descends into chaos.
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- Bookseller
- Idlegeniusbooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009206
- Title
- A Good Man in Africa
- Author
- Boyd, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
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