Heat & Dust

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Published by John Murray, London, 1975

About this Item

A very smart first edition of this Booker Prize winning novel by Ruth Pawer Jhabvala. First edition. Winner of the Booker Prize and ranked by the Telegraph as one of the ten all-time greatest Asian novels in 2014. Following a young woman travelling to India to find out more about her step-grandmother, Olivia. After reading various letters written by Olivia and learning from her own experiences in India, she uncovers the truth about her step-grandmother's life during the British Raj in the 1920s. Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a British and American novelist and screenwriter. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear and the odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 881T14

Bibliographic Details

Title: Heat & Dust

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1975

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good Indeed

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book