THE VICEROY OF OUIDAH.
by Chatwin, Bruce
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
CAPE. LONDON 1980. Fine. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. About fine in a fine dj. (A few tiny specks of foxing at top edge) Author's SECOND book. .
Synopsis
In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.
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- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5601
- Title
- THE VICEROY OF OUIDAH.
- Author
- Chatwin, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- CAPE. LONDON 1980
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Modern Literature/bruce Chatwin/210
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- Fine
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