The boy in the green suit (Paperback)
Hillman, Robert (Author)
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At the age of 16, Robert Hillman sets sail for Ceylon dressed in his best suit, carrying a cardboard suitcase full of books and a typewriter. Dropping anchor not in Ceylon but Athens, he barters his way through Istanbul, Tehran and Kuwait.
Reviews
'One of the many attractions of this book is the wry affection with which the older man is able to look back upon his younger self. This is a tribute to both the writer and, in a sense, to Hillman as a human being … The Boy in the Green Suit is an exquisitely painful book about one of the besetting conditions of modern life:...
ISBN (SKU)
9781912854806
Pages
240
Weight
228g
Dimensions
198x129x18
Imprint
Scribe UK
Published
10, July, 2019
Genres
Biography
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