Hughes, Richard

A High Wind In Jamaica

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London Chatto and Windus 1929 First Edition 8vo Finely bound by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery full light green morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered and dated in gilt, hand marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. Described by Rebecca West as "a hot draught of mad, primal fantasy and poetry", "A High Wind In Jamaica" is one of the best novels about childhood ever written. Set in the early 19th century, seven children are kidnapped by pirates during a voyage to England. Hughes's unsentimental treatment of their response to this terrifying ordeal effectively shattered the Victorian myth of childhood innocence, paving the way for works such as William Golding's Lord of the Flies.

• GBP 295.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: 1061

• bookseller: George Bayntun (GREAT BRITAIN)