Frontiers of the SeaVG/G+. DJ badly edge-worn with several short tears and associated creasing, some light aging also evident. Cover edges softened and rolled a bit at head and tail of spine, spine negligibly cocked. P.o.n. inked across top ffep, page edges faintly soiled, else pages clean. Binding tight.
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Author: Ustinov, Peter
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
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A collection of short stories by one of England's best-loved personalities, Peter Ustinov.
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One of the most talented and captivating dramatists of our time, Peter Ustinov made his bow in fiction with his collection of short stories, Add a Dash of Pity.
A born linguist, he is at home anywhere in Europe, and it is one of his supreme gifts that he can interpret the different national characters with such perception and sympathy. In this new collection the title story, "The Frontiers of the Sea," is laid in Spain, and most touchingly it illuminates the remarkable communion between an illiterate old Spanish fisherman and a shipwrecked Albanian. "The Swiss Watch" is placed in Mr. Ustinov's country of adoption where he and his family have spent so many holidays. "Dreams of Papua," the longest and most sardonic of the stories, is about our bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. In 'The Assassins" Monsieur Plageot of the French Surete has his hands full with a group of aged nihilists who insist on being deported to Corsica whenever a foreign dignitary whom they are tempted to liquidate in Paris. And "The Gift of a Dog" tells of one of the most hilarious, embarrassing English honeymoons imaginable. There are nine stories in all, each about a different part of the world and each charged with that special blend of laughter and compassion which is Ustinov's trademark. - from the blurb. Book Price: $13.00
