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The Purple Plain
Full of mounting suspense and masterly characterisation, Bates's popular wartime novel tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety.
'One of the most exciting and perfectly executed pieces of fiction that I have ever read' - Spectator 'It haunts you, alike for the queer and mounting suspense and for the masterly portraits of the three men' - Sunday Times
Vintage Penguin paperback, 1956, originally 1948, Penguin number 1152, uneven darkening to the front cover at the edges ( visible in photo)
The Daffodil Sky and Other Stories
A collection of 15 short stories , in this vertical triband Penguin reprint 1957, originally 1955. In very good condition.