Book #58243

The Consul's File - 1st Us Edition/1st Printing

Paul Theroux

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.
ISBN: 0395253993

Price: $50.00

A first American Edition/First Printing in Fine condition and housed in an equal dust-jacket.

This novel tells the story of a French consul in Cairo in the 1940s. The consul is in charge of issuing visas to Jews fleeing Nazi persecution, and he is also in charge of smuggling refugees out of the country. The novel is based on the author's own experiences as a consul.; 8vo; 209 pages.