184p., wraps slightly shelf worn, pages evently toned, else very good condition. Pocket book format. Ohio born author, politically active for a time in San Francisco. Crime fiction featuring Nazis, McCarthyism, and an integrated communist shipping crew.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Strange inheritance

Publisher

Pluto Press, London

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0745301053

ISBN 13

9780745301051

Binding

Paperback

Edition

1st Edition

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The 'Fred Douglass' sailed with a black skipper and a commie crew. Its sailors had enlisted to fight 'the good war' - they were not prepared for Nazi POWs keeping the peace in liberated North Africa. A nark dies and the commies are on the runA pacey thriller, Strange Inheritance is a crisp account of red-baiting in the USA dominated by Senator Joe McCarthy.Bob Biderman is an American living in Cambridge. He is the author of Letters to Nanette, an influential anti-war novel set in Vietnam. Strange Inheritance is his first thriller.

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