This is a first edition in average condition.  It was published by Chatto & Windus in 1987.

'Many years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends 'commissioned' one of their number to write a political book.  Time passes and opinions change.  'Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?'  Rose Curtland asks.  'The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history', Jenkin Riderhood suggests.  The theft of a wife further embroils the situation.  Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement.  Tamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret.  Can one die of shame?  In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution.  Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies.  Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.'

Condition:

Book - Very Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a slight spine lean, a v.small knock to the page edges, v.slight marking and discolouration to the covers and page edges, some darkening to the top page edges and soft tanning to the pages.

Dust Jacket - Average - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a few v.small tears and some marking, fading, foxing, discolouration and creasing.

The DJ is not price clipped.

The DJ is in a protective plastic sleeve (non-adhesive).

 

 

 

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