Author: Rith Prawer Jhabvala
Title: Heat and Dust
Description: London, John Murray, 1975 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this Booker Prize winning novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a lovely copy complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel, published simultaneously in the UK and the US, this is the UK edition. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1975, it was also ranked by The Telegraph as one of the ten all time greatest Asian novels. By Ruth Prawer Jhabvalam, award-winning German born British and American award winning author. Following the story of Olivia as she travels to India to uncover her step-grandmother's life, revealing truths and her life during the British Raj in the 1920s, as well as exploring Olivia's experiences in India. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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