CHATTO AND WINDASS hardcover 1980. COLLECTABLE SIGNED EDITION. a good condition first edition within a good dust jacket, has some light edge wear. Fast tracked shipping from the U\/K.

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Title: A Gentle Occupation
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Publication Date: 1980
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0701125055
ISBN 13: 9780701125059
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Hardcover in very good condition. First edition, first printing. The unclipped jacket is a little tanned and edgeworn with some small scuffs on the rear spine side. Slight bump and wear to the hardcover spine foot. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM

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After a prestigious film career that in-cludes The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1971), British actor Dirk Bogard has forged a successful second career with a four-volume autobiography, several novels, and a book of letters. He is a highly talented wordsmith, and this story of British soldiers trying to pacify civil strife in Southeast Asia after World War II has the makings of a first-rate novel. Bogard's eye for detail is sharp, his vignettes of colonial life are convincing, and he has an unhurried approach that places him in the best line of British storytelling. Unfortunately, despite a large and colorful cast of characters, all superbly rendered by British actor Timothy West, there is not a compelling central figure upon whom to focus the action. As Bogard is addicted to giving biographical background, often in chatty conversations that have the ring of British soaps, most of the characters seem to serve no story but their own. Bogard is working in the tradition of Forster's A Passage to India (1924), Orwell's Burmese Days (1934), and the novels of Graham Greene, but this attempt falls far short of those masters. Not recommended.
Peter Josyph, New York
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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