Staying on: a novel / Paul Scott
by Scott, Paul (1920-1978)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 043468113X
- ISBN 13
- 9780434681136
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, not price clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Provenance: previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 215 pages; 23 cm. Summary: A striking portrayal of the twilight lives of a hard-up old British colonel and his lady still in India, when all the others have returned home, and it is now rich Indians who play bridge in the club. Subjects: British India; Fiction. British. English fiction. Anglo-Indian fiction. British India History 20th century; Fiction. India; Fiction. India History British occupation, 1765-1947. Fiction in English 20th century. Genre: Fiction. Historical fiction.
Synopsis
Staying On is a novel by Paul Scott, which was published in 1977 and won the Booker Prize.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 334024
- Title
- Staying on: a novel / Paul Scott
- Author
- Scott, Paul (1920-1978)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 043468113X
- ISBN 13
- 9780434681136
- Publisher
- London: Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
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