Hamo Langmuir flies westwards round the world to examine the effects of his miraculous high-yielding rice, leaving a bleak and impotent existence behind him. His god-daughter, Alexandra Grant, travels with her magic of myths and mysticism along the hippy trail to the East. With a wry wit Angus Wilson brings into focus their separate adventures (Quixotic in Hamo's case, dreamlike in Alexandra's) until the tragic denouement when they meet in Goa. 'Enough thought, comedy, wit, excitement and pathos to keep a dozen less ...
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Hamo Langmuir flies westwards round the world to examine the effects of his miraculous high-yielding rice, leaving a bleak and impotent existence behind him. His god-daughter, Alexandra Grant, travels with her magic of myths and mysticism along the hippy trail to the East. With a wry wit Angus Wilson brings into focus their separate adventures (Quixotic in Hamo's case, dreamlike in Alexandra's) until the tragic denouement when they meet in Goa. 'Enough thought, comedy, wit, excitement and pathos to keep a dozen less profligate and inventive novelists busy for years.' Francis King, Observer
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Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket with shelf wear, sunning to spine, and some slight rips to dust jacket but remains good.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. Clean copy in dust wrapper. DW with minor nicks and tears. Light spotting to top edge of pages but remains a very good copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; The binding is tight, top corner of the front panel lightly bumped. Text unmarked. The dust jacket shows some handling and light soiling, clipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 415pp.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A clean, tight hardcover copy in very good condition. Very good DJ with faint edge wear and age-toning.
