Black Swan Books, London, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Small Octavo. 303 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and ready to ship. The story begins with a wealthy South American ranch owner, Jorge Rojas Jiminéz, and the curse he brings on his land when he leaves his wife of two decades for a young and greedy mistress. As drought withers the crops, vampire bats ravage the herds, and the earth dies, Rojas' two grown-up children, Rafael and Violeta, leave home for adventures of their own with the aging revolutionary-adventurer Mark Kessel. Embarking on one last extravagant exploit, Kessel has agreed to deliver two million dollars' worth of gold bullion for the revolution, in return for an ancient map, which, it is claimed, points the way to El Dorado. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0552990469. ISBN/EAN: 9780552990462. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9645. . 9780552990462

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9645
Title: A New History of Torments
Author: Ghose' Zulfikar
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0552990469
ISBN 13: 9780552990462
Publisher: Black Swan Books
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1984
Keywords: BZDB137 contemporary fiction, south america, el dorado, Fiction; Unbranded ISBN: 0552990469 EAN: 9780552990462 Ghose' Zulfikar A New History of Torments

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