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POCOCK & PITT Elliott Baker ~ 1st Ed 1st Printing HC/DJ 1974
$18.95
Black hardcover with silver imprinting to spine, pages are unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket has a small repaired tear at the top of the spine and is otherwise in unmarked condition.
285 pages, first edition, first printing, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: ******2865
Pocock loses nothing but a Mongoloid son and his overweight manque archaeologist wife with thirteen warts when he decides to take a permanent vacation from life after waking up in a London hospital following his third myocardial infarction (caused by an infrequent night of bliss). But a glimpse of Alethea Snow (she sings songs with a street beggar who is actually her rich uncle Herbert) convinces Pocock that life is still worth living, and, aided by a wily Greek named Kikyanos who sells everything from girls to passports, he gets himself a new name (Pitt) and a new ear (he left part of it in Alsace-Lorraine). Courtesy of the U.S. government and the Enoch Arden law (his wife needs proof of death for the insurance money), Pocock-Pitt becomes mixed up in V. H. Adderly's semi-eschatological search for the Russian agent who mangled his hand in the not-so-distant past. Many coincidences later, Pocock disposes of the remains of Western Civilization in the organ depository where he works and escapes with Alethea to Egypt, where he plants trees and makes love with his refurbished heart as often as he likes - a grand denouement to this incredibly zany novel full of fun, freedom, and fantasia by the author of A Fine Madness.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school hours), or will post. To see all my current listings, click on my name: Riverdancer.
285 pages, first edition, first printing, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1974. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-10: ******2865
Pocock loses nothing but a Mongoloid son and his overweight manque archaeologist wife with thirteen warts when he decides to take a permanent vacation from life after waking up in a London hospital following his third myocardial infarction (caused by an infrequent night of bliss). But a glimpse of Alethea Snow (she sings songs with a street beggar who is actually her rich uncle Herbert) convinces Pocock that life is still worth living, and, aided by a wily Greek named Kikyanos who sells everything from girls to passports, he gets himself a new name (Pitt) and a new ear (he left part of it in Alsace-Lorraine). Courtesy of the U.S. government and the Enoch Arden law (his wife needs proof of death for the insurance money), Pocock-Pitt becomes mixed up in V. H. Adderly's semi-eschatological search for the Russian agent who mangled his hand in the not-so-distant past. Many coincidences later, Pocock disposes of the remains of Western Civilization in the organ depository where he works and escapes with Alethea to Egypt, where he plants trees and makes love with his refurbished heart as often as he likes - a grand denouement to this incredibly zany novel full of fun, freedom, and fantasia by the author of A Fine Madness.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school hours), or will post. To see all my current listings, click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:26/09/2019
- Last Edited:23/08/2021
- Condition:Used
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