The Year Of The Lion by Gerald Hanley Hardcover Book

Title: The Year Of The Lion by Gerald Hanley Hardcover Book.
Author: Gerald Hanley.
Type: Fiction - British East Africa.
Edition: Reprint 1955.
Publisher: The Reprint Society London.
Year First Published: 1953.
Format: HardSoftcover Book.
Printed By: William Clowes and Sons Ltd, London and Beccles.
Page Count: 256 pages.
Width: 13.0cm
Height: 19.0cm
Thickness: 2.2cm
Info: The Year Of The Lion is the formative year in the life of Jervis, a young white settler, when an especially bold and cunning beast declared war first on the settlers' cattle and then on his pursuers, and killed four men before Jervis brough him down and so won, as it were, his passport to manhood.
It describes life on the frontier of two worlds. There is the vanishing world of tribal East Africa, of the lion and the warrior, and the new world, creeping in, of roads and cigarettes and politics.
Mr Hanley gives us the truth about this part of Africa and these people, black and white, caught up in a tremendous destiny they cannot control.
Gerald Hanley (17 February 1916 7 September 1992) was an Irish novelist and travel writer and was born in Liverpool of Irish parents. Hanley's novels reflect his experiences of living in Africa, Burma and the Indian sub-continent, as well as his life as a soldier. His first book, Monsoon Victory was published in 1946, and his last novel, Noble Descents in 1982.
Condition: Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. Repaired Dust Jacket, some discolouration spots on ends of pages, pages internally are fine.
Price: R 75.00 Inc Vat.