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After forty years in Africa, George Grey returns to an England, a daughter, and friends who are to him absurd, and he sets out to sea on a disordered journey through his life and toward home
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n Raban, the award--winning author of Bad Land and Passage to Juneau, comes this quirky and insightful story of what can happen when one can and does go home again.
For the past thirty years, George Grey has been a ship bunker in the fictional west African nation of Montedor, but now he's returning home to England-to a daughter who's a famous author he barely knows, to a peculiar new friend who back in the sixties was one of England's more famous singers, and to the long and empty days of retirement during which he's easy prey to the melancholy of memories, all the more acute since the woman he loves is still back in Africa. Witty, charming and masterly crafted, Foreign Land is an exquisitely moving tale of awkward relationships and quiet redemption.
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Good condition. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # B16B-03096
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Seller: The Maryland Book Bank, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Good. Corners are slightly bent. Used - Good. Seller Inventory # 4-DDD-3-0154
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Seller: Hopkins Books, Nashua, NH, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First American trade paperback edition, published by Penguin, 1986. Known primarily for his travel writing, this is Raban's first novel, about a man feeling disoriented after his return to England after 40 years. A remainder copy with a black ink dot on the top edge of the text block. No writing on the text pages, no creases to the cover or spine. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory. Seller Inventory # 24-06367
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Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: As New. First Paperback Edition. Publisher: Penguin, New York, 1986.FINE in pictorial wraps, as issued. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. Advance copy stamped "Not for Resale", otherwise as new. Seller Inventory # 2212150002