The Rack

Ellis, A.E.

Verlag: Penguin Books, 1961

Beschreibung

Good tight copy of this wonderful book in its first Penguin printing. Normal light age-toning. Spine possibly had some sort lamination that has discolored, but it is *not* a library copy. Minor rubbing of tips. A couple of nicks to orange cover, penciled notation on inside cover. Otherwise clean. "A.E. Ellis was the pseudonym used by Derek Lindsay (1920 2000), a British novelist and playwright, to publish his novel, The Rack, and to write two plays, Grand Manouevres and Seagull Rising. Lindsay/Ellis was orphaned as a child and served in the British army in World War II. After the war he went to the University of Oxford and was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was treated in a sanatorium in the French Alps, one of the last people to undergo this form of therapy. The Rack is a detailed account of the experience and received high acclaim when it was published in 1958, from Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess and others. It was favourably compared with The Magic Mountain and has been in print ever since. However, it was the only novel Ellis published." --Wikipedia. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1679420986343

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Rack

Verlag: Penguin Books

Erscheinungsdatum: 1961

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good