Planet Of The Apes
by Pierre Boulle
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG - VG+
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
VG - VG+. 1968 Signet P3399, fifth printing. Softcover. Cover price marked out along spine edge. Basis for the classic Sci-Fi Charlton Heston / Statue Of Liberty film that launched a franchise which is still active today.
Synopsis
Pierre Boulle was born in Avignon, France in 1912. He originally trained as an engineer, but in 1936 went to Malaysia as a rubber planter. In 1939 he was called up in the French forces in Indochina. When France fell during World War II, he fled to Singapore, where he joined the Free French Mission. After the Japanese invasion, he was sent via Rangoon and the Burma Road to Yunnan to establish contact with Kuomintang forces. He infiltrated Indochina as a guerilla where he was captured in 1943. He escaped in 1944, was picked up by a British plane, and served in the Special Forces in Calcutta for the rest of the war. His first novel published in the United States was The Bridge on the River Kwai . It was awarded the Prix Ste. Beuve in France, and led to the motion picture that received an amazing seven Academy Awards. He considered his subsequent books, of which Planet of the Apes is the most well-known, to be social fantasies.
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- Bookseller
- 2nd Impression Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1166
- Title
- Planet Of The Apes
- Author
- Pierre Boulle
- Book Condition
- Used - VG - VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Film tie-in
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet
- Date Published
- 1968
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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