The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by De Bernieres, Louis - 1990

London: Secker & Warburg, 1990. First UK edition. Large octavo, pp viii, 376, age-toned around the margins, otherwise very clean and sound internally, black cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and has only very slight signs of use. [Louis de Bernières' magical, tragic and hilarious South American odyssey. When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for the mountains and start a new and convivial civilisation.....]. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.