48 pp. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Binding: Pictorial Card Wrappers. Near Fine. Jacket: No Jacket - As Issued. Octavo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. The inscription reads : \"For Jonathan Paton, with all good wishes, Christopher Hope. The Jonathan of the inscription was Jonathan Paton, the son of Alan Paton. Jonathan Paton\'s name and address on the half-title page.
The following information is taken from the Contemporary Writers website.
Christopher Hope\'s poems were first published in Whitewashes (1971), but his first significant publication was Cape Drives (1974), which won the Thomas Pringle Prize and a Cholmondeley Award. His published poetry also includes In the Country of the Black Pig (1981) and Englishmen (1985). His first novel, A Separate Development (1981), was banned in South Africa. A rich, comic satire of the apartheid system, it won the David Higham Prize for Fiction. His other novels include Kruger\'s Alp (1984), which won the Whitbread Novel Award; The Hottentot Room (1986), set in a London drinking club, a home from home for South African exiles; and My Chocolate Redeemer (1989), the story of an unlikely friendship between a 15-year-old girl and an exiled dictator. More recent novels include Serenity House (1992), a black comedy set in an old people\'s home in London, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Darkest England (1996).
The following information is taken from the Contemporary Writers website.
Christopher Hope\'s poems were first published in Whitewashes (1971), but his first significant publication was Cape Drives (1974), which won the Thomas Pringle Prize and a Cholmondeley Award. His published poetry also includes In the Country of the Black Pig (1981) and Englishmen (1985). His first novel, A Separate Development (1981), was banned in South Africa. A rich, comic satire of the apartheid system, it won the David Higham Prize for Fiction. His other novels include Kruger\'s Alp (1984), which won the Whitbread Novel Award; The Hottentot Room (1986), set in a London drinking club, a home from home for South African exiles; and My Chocolate Redeemer (1989), the story of an unlikely friendship between a 15-year-old girl and an exiled dictator. More recent novels include Serenity House (1992), a black comedy set in an old people\'s home in London, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Darkest England (1996).
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