Set in colonial India during the 1920s, Heat and Dust tells the story of Olivia, a beautiful woman suffocated by the propriety and social constraints of her position as the wife of an important English civil servant. Longing for passion and independence, Olivia is drawn into the spell of the Nawab, a minor Indian prince deeply involved in gang raids and criminal plots. She is intrigued by the Nawab's charm and aggressive courtship, and soon begins to spend most of her days in his company. But then she becomes pregnant, and unsure of the child's paternity, she is faced with a wrenching dilemma. Her reaction to the crisis humiliates her husband and outrages the British community, breeding a scandal that lives in collective memory long after her death.

Futura 1990, eng pocket 181 sidor

For Sale First Edition

1st Printing. 8vo over 7.75 - 9.75'' tall Nice Tight Clean copy ! Jacket has edge wear, small tears. 218 pages. 8458

8vo over 7.75 - 9.75'' tall Nice Tight Clean copy ! 224 pages. 8496

224 pp., Jacket worn and marked, creased at top edge

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