Tyler's most moving love story is set against the backdrop of revolution in Africa, the continent he knows best. His protagonist, Mathews, a young foreign service officer, must cope with embassy ineptitude even as he comes to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions.
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Tyler's most moving love story is set against the backdrop of revolution in Africa, the continent he knows best. His protagonist, Mathews, a young foreign service officer, must cope with embassy ineptitude even as he comes to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions.
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Good. We flipped through this book and didn't notice any notes or underlines. The cover has visible markings and wear. There are stains or residue on the cover. The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. This is a hardcover copy. Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Type: Hardback Second Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. Burgundy quarter cloth with silver titles, with grey boards. Very clean, unmarked, tight & solid. Protagonist Hugh Mathews is a young foreign service officer in the Congo, coping with his embassy's ineptitude and its shallow-thinking bureaucrats and has to come to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions living in the all but impenetrable wilderness surrounding the capital. Characters abound, featuring petty dictators, CIA operatives and a sorcerer who summons lightning from the sky--all set against the era of America's increasing involvement in Vietnam a half a world away. It is also a love story. 216 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1998.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. New York: Henry Holt and Company, January 1998. Hardcover. First Edition (s tated), second printing. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pri stine. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. Light rubbing and edgewear to jacket. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 216 pages. A novel of Cold War geopolitics and romance involves a young foreign service officer stationed in Congo who must grapple with inept Western bur eaucrats and feuding tribes.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Large Print Hardcover Ex-Library Book in Good Condition, without Jacket. Pictorial brown and burgundy board, light wear to corners, clean, unmarked, tight & solid. Pages in Fine Condition. Rear endpapers have spot near bottom edge. Protagonist Hugh Mathews is a young foreign service officer in the Congo, coping with his embassy's ineptitude and its shallow-thinking bureaucrats and has to come to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions living in the all but impenetrable wilderness surrounding the capital. Characters abound, featuring petty dictators, CIA operatives and a sorcerer who summons lightning from the sky--all set against the era of America's increasing involvement in Vietnam a half a world away. It is also a love story. 8vo. 327 pages. 1998, Thorndike Press.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Size: 5x0x8; Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 216 pages, maroon and gray boards. Publisher's review slips laid in. A fine, clean, hardcover first edition, first printing, with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine, slightly worn dust jacket, with original price.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.