A Modern De Quincey
Autobiography of an Opium Addict
Captain Robinson, completing a posting as a young British administrator in remote northern Burma, returned to Mandalay in 1923 to await a new assignment. One evening, Robinson and two friends came upon an opium den. While his friends called it a night, Robinson stayed on to sample the forbidden pleasures within-a decision that was to alter his life forever. Thus commences an incredible, autobiographical account of the seduction of a naive young romantic by the temptations of the East, and of his eventual narrow escape from death. First published in 1942, the book has become a sought-after rarity among British colonial accounts, now republishe…
Mehr
CHF 29.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V103:
Folgt in ca. 5 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-974-524-038-4
- EAN: 9789745240384
- Produktnummer: 9506271
- Verlag: Orchid Press Publishing Limited
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 142 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm x D0.7 cm 194 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 194
Bewertungen
Anmelden