A Town Like Alice

From a little-known incident in the war against Japan and from his travels in Malaya and Australia, Shute has contrived a gripping novel of the courage and unflagging faith in humanity of an English girl. Written with insight and understanding, it is probably his most popular book. This edition is an abridgment which, like the film, concentrates mainly on the Malayan episodes.

Published 1965.

Ex library copy. Binding of book is loose. Encased in plastic sleeve. Some stains on plastic sleeve. Some foxing and fraying on covers of book. Tape on spine of book. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Tape on spine of book. Stamps on edges of book. Annotations in marker, pasted and torn library slip and stamp on inside of front cover. Tape shadow and moderate foxing on endpapers. Stamps on title page. Annotations in pencil and moderate foxing on certain pages.