Foreign Land: A Novel by Jonathan Raban

Raban's first novel, an engrossing account of what it can mean to return homeFor over thirty years, Goerge Grey has been a ship bunker in the west African nation of Montedor, a land of malaria and political upheaval. But now he's returning to England, to a life and world essentially foreign, and to the terra incognita of retirement. In the long days that follow it's almost impossible not to get lost in melancholy memories - all the more acute since the woman he loves is back in Africa - but with the help of a sailing boat and a burgeoning friendship with the quirkiest woman in town, the ache of loneliness begins to ease. 'Jonathan Raban's achievements in this novel are nothing short of awesome' Washington Post 'Raban has a wonderful gift... These characters seem to index an entire civilisation' Voice Literary Supplement.

Publisher:	Picador
Year:	1985
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780330292306
Condition:	Good

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SKU: 1601411
Location: Fiction