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247 pages • first pub 1939 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780099286196
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward...
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247 pages • first pub 1939 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780099286196
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward...