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A Visit to Don Otavio (New ed)

Bedford, SybilleChatwin, Bruce(Introduction by)
Part of the Picador travel classics ; 16 series
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The tale begins at Grand Central Station with an impetuous decision, continues with a nightmarish train journey, and then reveals the landscapes and people of Mexico with such a light touch that even the dullest patch of history becomes fascinating Although Bedford is frank about the horrors of travel, the highlight is the author's idyllic stay with Don Otavio, a bankrupt squire still inhabiting his lakeside house with 17 servants to wait on him.

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Picador
0330351370 / 9780330351379
Hardback
22/08/1997
United Kingdom
English
xi, 368p.
19 cm
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Previous ed.: published as The sudden view. London: Gollancz, 1953.