Author: Chatwin, Bruce Title: The Viceroy of Ouidah
Description: New York: Summit Books, (1980), 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of Chatwin's second book. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 cinnamon cloth over olive paper covered boards, stamped green on the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 155 pp. Incorporating a mocking description of the political situation in the Marxist People's Republic of Benin in the 1970s, Chatwin metes out poetic revenge for his own rough interrogation and imprisonment by the Benin authorities during a research visit, described in his short story, A Coup. Adapted for the screen in 1988 as Cobra Verde. /Dust Jacket Included.
Keywords: FIRST EDITION / IN PATAGONIA .
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
- Book number: 19130
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