Near fine ( light smudge on front panel) else clean, crisp, first printing in pale yellow boards, black cloth spine with gold titles, neatly and legibly signed by the author on the title page, pictorial dust jacket has light rubbing, now protected in a new, clear Brodart cover. This is de Bernieres' first book and the first in his wonderfully inventive and hilarious South American trilogy. He is best known for the acclaimed Corelli's Mandolin, which was subsequently made into a movie.

SOUTH AMERICA FICTION HUMOR POLITICS LIFE LOVE